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5 Ways to Strengthen
Your Strategic Planning Muscles
Joel “Thor” Neeb
@JoelThorNeeb
Companies achieve only 33% of expected results
from their strategic plans.
The Gap between expectation and performance is
a failure of companies to execute strategy.
Markon Associates and the Economist Intelligence Unit
• President of Afterburner
• USAF F-15 Mission Commander
• U.S. Presidential Escort Missions
• Air Force Academy Graduate
• M.S. Aerospace Science / MBA from UT
• Instructor Pilot of the Year at USAF Training HQ
• Embedded with Silicon Valley Tech Company in 2015
Joel “Thor” Neeb Atlanta, GA
Review: Prepping for Strategic Planning
Learn from the Past
Create Leadership Buy-in
Employ Open Planning
Answer this question: “Who are we?”
Arrive with a Framework
01 Stay Strategic
02 Focus the Dialogue
04 Identify Critical Leverage Points
03 Begin with the End in Mind
05 Simplicity Beats Complexity
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Strategic Planning Muscles
• Zappos strategy: Redefine the online
shopping experience through fanatical
customer support
• Zappos tactics: hire for personality,
celebrate customer support, live the “Wow”
philosophy
01 Stay Strategic
• Strategic, not Tactical
• Strategy defines our tactics
• Determine what, not how
01 Stay Strategic
CONFIDENTIAL
Strategic Campaigns
HD Destination
VPs, Champions & BU Owners
Senior Directors, Directors & ICs
C-Suite and SVPs
Tactical Missions
Stay Strategic
• This is “heavy lifting” and overwhelming
• Too many people to be constructive
• Create equal voices
02 Focus the Dialogue
• Use a 3rd party facilitator
• Level the discussion playing field
• Create ROE, parking lot and schedule
02 Focus the Dialogue
• Sample schedule
– Day 1:
• Introduction/ROE
• Debrief results
• Define the future
• Define the environment
• Identify Critical Leverage
Points
02 Focus the Dialogue
– Day 2:
• Review/edit
• Identify Campaigns
• Create Identity
• Brief to team
03 Begin with the End in Mind
You are in the future
• Describe your successful future in detail
• Focus on the Key Areas
• Alignment today by defining tomorrow
CONFIDENTIAL
Strategic Campaigns
HD Destination
VPs, Champions & BU Owners
Senior Directors, Directors & ICs
C-Suite and SVPs
Tactical Missions
THE FLAWLESS EXECUTION MODEL®
04 Critical Leverage Points
Maximum impact, minimum effort
• Create an influence map of your network
• Identify the Critical Leverage Points
• Assess your ability to affect
Critical Leverage Points
Five Major
Record Labels
Online Music
Engineers
P.R.
Production
Retailers
Relations
Suppliers &
Video
High School
Students
Pirates Athletes
Apple Brand
Insight Matrix
Apple Ipod
iTunesLenny Kravitz,
U2
University
Students
Christmas
Gifts
Sony
Device
Design
$350
High Fidelity
Earphones
Attack Leverage Point with Intentional Actions
05 Simplicity Beats Complexity
V Volatility
U Uncertainty
A Ambiguity
C Complexity
05 Simplicity Beats Complexity
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
• Max of 10 Key areas
• Max of 7 Critical Leverage Points
• 3-5 Strategic Campaigns
• Deliverable must fit on 4 slides
• 2 Posters
01 Stay Strategic
02 Focus the Dialogue
04 Identify CLPs
03 Begin with the End in Mind
05 Simplicity Beats Complexity
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Strategic Planning Muscles
Please ask any question you have in the
Q&A box at this time
DON’T MISS OUR NEXT WEBINAR:
Now It’s Time to Execute!
WITH YEAR-END QUICKLY APPROACHING THIS IS A MUST ATTEND
Dec 15th 1:30pm ET
REGISTER NOW AT: flex.afterburner.com/strategic-plan-execution
@AfterburnerInc
#FlawlessExecution
Lets Connect!
Joel “Thor” Neeb
@AfterburnerInc
#FlawlessExecution
Thor@afterburner.com
Afterburner.com
Office: (404) 835-3500

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Afterburner Webinars | 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Strategic Planning Muscles

  • 1. Welcome – the session will begin shortly! 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Strategic Planning Muscles
  • 3. Companies achieve only 33% of expected results from their strategic plans. The Gap between expectation and performance is a failure of companies to execute strategy. Markon Associates and the Economist Intelligence Unit
  • 4. • President of Afterburner • USAF F-15 Mission Commander • U.S. Presidential Escort Missions • Air Force Academy Graduate • M.S. Aerospace Science / MBA from UT • Instructor Pilot of the Year at USAF Training HQ • Embedded with Silicon Valley Tech Company in 2015 Joel “Thor” Neeb Atlanta, GA
  • 5. Review: Prepping for Strategic Planning Learn from the Past Create Leadership Buy-in Employ Open Planning Answer this question: “Who are we?” Arrive with a Framework
  • 6. 01 Stay Strategic 02 Focus the Dialogue 04 Identify Critical Leverage Points 03 Begin with the End in Mind 05 Simplicity Beats Complexity 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Strategic Planning Muscles
  • 7. • Zappos strategy: Redefine the online shopping experience through fanatical customer support • Zappos tactics: hire for personality, celebrate customer support, live the “Wow” philosophy 01 Stay Strategic
  • 8. • Strategic, not Tactical • Strategy defines our tactics • Determine what, not how 01 Stay Strategic
  • 9. CONFIDENTIAL Strategic Campaigns HD Destination VPs, Champions & BU Owners Senior Directors, Directors & ICs C-Suite and SVPs Tactical Missions Stay Strategic
  • 10. • This is “heavy lifting” and overwhelming • Too many people to be constructive • Create equal voices 02 Focus the Dialogue
  • 11. • Use a 3rd party facilitator • Level the discussion playing field • Create ROE, parking lot and schedule 02 Focus the Dialogue
  • 12. • Sample schedule – Day 1: • Introduction/ROE • Debrief results • Define the future • Define the environment • Identify Critical Leverage Points 02 Focus the Dialogue – Day 2: • Review/edit • Identify Campaigns • Create Identity • Brief to team
  • 13. 03 Begin with the End in Mind You are in the future • Describe your successful future in detail • Focus on the Key Areas • Alignment today by defining tomorrow
  • 14. CONFIDENTIAL Strategic Campaigns HD Destination VPs, Champions & BU Owners Senior Directors, Directors & ICs C-Suite and SVPs Tactical Missions THE FLAWLESS EXECUTION MODEL®
  • 15. 04 Critical Leverage Points Maximum impact, minimum effort • Create an influence map of your network • Identify the Critical Leverage Points • Assess your ability to affect
  • 17. Five Major Record Labels Online Music Engineers P.R. Production Retailers Relations Suppliers & Video High School Students Pirates Athletes Apple Brand Insight Matrix Apple Ipod iTunesLenny Kravitz, U2 University Students Christmas Gifts Sony Device Design $350 High Fidelity Earphones Attack Leverage Point with Intentional Actions
  • 18. 05 Simplicity Beats Complexity V Volatility U Uncertainty A Ambiguity C Complexity
  • 19. 05 Simplicity Beats Complexity Simplify, Simplify, Simplify • Max of 10 Key areas • Max of 7 Critical Leverage Points • 3-5 Strategic Campaigns • Deliverable must fit on 4 slides • 2 Posters
  • 20. 01 Stay Strategic 02 Focus the Dialogue 04 Identify CLPs 03 Begin with the End in Mind 05 Simplicity Beats Complexity 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Strategic Planning Muscles
  • 21. Please ask any question you have in the Q&A box at this time
  • 22. DON’T MISS OUR NEXT WEBINAR: Now It’s Time to Execute! WITH YEAR-END QUICKLY APPROACHING THIS IS A MUST ATTEND Dec 15th 1:30pm ET REGISTER NOW AT: flex.afterburner.com/strategic-plan-execution @AfterburnerInc #FlawlessExecution
  • 23. Lets Connect! Joel “Thor” Neeb @AfterburnerInc #FlawlessExecution Thor@afterburner.com Afterburner.com Office: (404) 835-3500