Team-Based Strategic Planning uniquely describes the strategic planning process and the ways of facilitating the development of a strategic plan and its implementation. It is "how-to-do" book profusely illustrated with planning techniques, facilitation guides and real world examples of the planning and strategy efforts of dozens of organizations. The book is a professional best-seller and sold 25,000 copies in hard cover 1964-2010. The book deals with the six key aspects of strategic planning in a team environment: (1) Structure and Customization of the process to meet the needs of your particular organization (2) Facilitation-of the planning process (3) Teams and teamwork (4) Management and Leadership--from forging the vision to making the plan operational (5) Organizational involvement-gaining involvement and commitment at all levels (6) information gathering and analysis--benchmarking, competitive analysis and "the other precious few techniques that are truly useful." Examples from actual companies illustrate each step of the process and what worked and didn't work. Moreover, "Team-Based Strategic Planing" is designed for active use at every stage. You'll find dozens of hands-on tools that will help you as your strategy evolves including ) que cards and flow charts that plot the process and make it easier to master; self-contained facilitator guides; troubleshooting advice on problem intervention for CEOs, planning leaders, and facilitators. In short, this is a "must have" guide for anyone at any level in an organization who is embarking on or involved with strategic planning.

Implementing Your Strategic plan is a practical, process-oriented book on how to implement strategic plans. It is based on extensive interviews with CEOs and the authors extensive experience, and it contains dozens of illustrations of "real" plans and processes. The book examines the 18 keys to success in implementing strategy including: accountability systems; turning strategic priorities into action; departmental planning; accountability; organization structure;people changes; creative leadership and mental toughness; removing resistance;using teams; defining the future culture; allocation of resources; aligning the organization's work from top to bottom; empowering execution; selecting, training and developing for the future; fixing broken core processes; communication; reviewing performance; rewarding strategic results. "Implementing Your Strategic Plan" addresses the strategic change process and has an extensive section of comments by CEOs about their personal experience with implementing strategy. It is a practical book, presenting real examples, that will guide the reader through implementing strategy.