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“I’m too busy to plan for next year”
“I’ll never get through my to-do list”
“I’m overwhelmed by the everyday tasks of my business”
“I have no idea what I would do if I got a great opportunity to expand”
Have you said any of the above one or a million times? Me too!
“Focused & Flexible: Strategic Planning for Small Business” is a workbook for the small business owner who can never seem to get organized, is kept hostage by a never ending to-do list, and can’t ever find the time to launch that amazing new idea.
I know how you feel because I’ve been there! I wrote this workbook for you! The digital copy is now open for pre-orders!
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“Focused & Flexible” provides you with the tools and the tactics to make it happen. This step-by-step guide helps you brainstorm new products, services or programs, then guides you through strategizing how your ideas will benefit your current business, then teaches you how to prioritize what to take on, and finally, it helps you put it all on the calendar to make it happen. There is even a whole chapter on empowering you to create new habits so you really get it done this time. There are also mindset challenges throughout the workbook to shake you out of your comfort zone. You can use this workbook year after year.
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“Focused & Flexible” is meant to be your personal guide for quarterly, annual, and multi-year planning. But it’s more than that! It guides you step by step in strategy tools used by project managers in large organizations but written specifically for small business owners. No need to decode how it all relates to your work.
You need the “Focused & Flexible” workbook so you can finally launch your next big idea and weather the storms of small business ownership!
You will dig deep into the details of S.W.O.T. analysis. A strategy tool to find out your ideas’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. We talk about it means to create S.M.A.R.T long-term goals. And then discuss how to create a CEO Retreat Day, where you get all the planning done and put it on your calendar. This is truly a step-by-step guide to strategic planning!
Why Do You Need This Workbook?
Stop being held hostage to the day-to-day work
Start prioritizing your own happiness
Get organized
Systemize your workload so you have more time for more important things
Get through your to-do list, FINALLY
Move towards the big ambitious goals you’ve always dreamed about
Be ready for that big opportunity when it arrives
Get your personal time back
Spend more time with the people and things you want
Take a real vacation where you forget about everything
Celebrate all the things you have done
Create real impact in your community
Why Am I The Right Person To Write This Workbook?
My name is Reneé Blanchard and I launched Bossy Like Me in 2015 because I wanted to learn from as many small business owners as I could. So I started interviewing them!
But I am a campaigner and a project manager for environmental non-profits by trade. For ten years I wrote scientific reports gathered by professional and citizen scientists so everyday people can make real change for their communities. I helped plan for and then put into action campaigns that empower large corporations to eliminate toxic chemicals from their consumer products.
Then in 2012, I caught the entrepreneurial spirit! I opened a cafe in New Orleans, LA, and became a small business owner. I took all my project management skills and tested them in the restaurant business.
I loved my career before owning a restaurant because it taught me how to be incredibly organized and plan ahead for all kinds of possible challenges. I wrote this book because I know what it takes to build a successful small business. I took my non-profit and small business ownership experiences and wrote this workbook on strategic planning specifically for small business owners.
I know the information in this book can help create more resilient small businesses that can weather big storms and create great success that truly benefits our communities.
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"Focused & Flexible"'s Table of Contents:
Introduction
Church Alley Cafe’ & Grocery’s Origin Story
Why Am I The Right Person to Write a Strategic Planning Book?
Who is This Book For?
What is a CEO Retreat Day?
Hustle Culture is a Scam
Part I: The Nuts & Bolts of Strategic Planning
Reviewing The Data
S.W.O.T. Analysis
From Year One to Year Ten: Creating Long Term Goals
Creating S.M.A.R.T. Objectives and Goals for the Year
The Make It Happen Action Plan
Put it on the Calendar
Make it Stick
Part II: Creating a Successful CEO Retreat Day
What is a CEO Retreat Day?
Types of Facilitation
Creating a Successful Retreat
Part III: Additional Resources
Checklists of Strategic Planning Day Workbook
Mindset Challenge Checklist
Books and Podcasts
