The Importance of the Annual Refresh

Now seems a fitting time to speak to the importance of the Annual Refresh of the strategic plan.

One Page Solutions LLC works with its clients to update their plan each year of the three-year cycle. Some clients successfully go-it-alone in terms of ongoing tracking and updating. Either way, as the world in which we operate becomes increasingly complex, with rapid shifts in direction, geo-politics, capital sources, and consumer dynamics, circumstances demand that leaders consistently review the assumptions underpinning their plan.

A happy case in point is a current One Page Solutions LLC client whose plan is outdated by virtue of their runaway success since completing their plan in December 2023.  They are now discussing whether a typical update will suffice, or whether they need a more comprehensive overhaul given how dramatically their circumstances have changed.  One factor contributing to this misalignment between plan and current reality is that in their focus on implementation, the team did not invest in monitoring the plan. And now their plan and their reality, are, well, two realities.

Things change. Stuff happens.  The world tilts. Some things go your way, some don’t. One of the benefits of the One Page Strategic Plan® is its adaptability.  Unlike plans of yesteryear – four-color, bound, glossy documents that would sit on the shelf – the One Page Strategic Plan® is meant to be routinely touched, evaluated and updated to reflect the current dynamic.  

Over 25 years, One Page Solutions has worked with clients to develop more than 1,000 plans for transformational change.  Does your plan reflect your current realities? Let us help you get the year off to a good start.