Strategies and business plans need to be lived and breathed, not put on a shelf and forgotten about. Use this template to make sure you’re focused on the right things, every day.

This is a great tool if:

• you already have a business plan or strategy but things are changing
• you don’t have time to create a detailed business plan or strategy
• your business is moving too fast to bother with a detailed business plan or strategy
• you want to help focus your team on the plan.

1. Your business
2. Your mission
3. Key numbers : How are the numbers, metrics or KPIs looking?
4. Internal forces : What are your strengths?
5. External forces : What are your opportunities?
6. Top jobs
7. Possible next steps
8. Plan of attack
9. Overcoming barriers
10. To-do list