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[SmartDraw ](#) Strategic Planning for Bottom-Line Results (Part 1 of 4) Can a strategic plan truly yield bottom-line results? Or is it just a waste of time? The answer to both questions can be yes. It's critical to plan for success. More importantly, there are steps to follow to make it happen. Most businesses don't do any strategic planning. And, of the ones who do, most treat it as nothing more than an academic exercise. This is unfortunate. With some effort and a willingness to make hard decisions, it's possible to create more than just strategy. It's possible to realize bottom-line results from a well-developed strategic plan that is then put into action and followed through. "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." -Winston Churchill [Strategic planning for bottom-line results] [Buy Today]( [Buy SmartDraw Today for The Lowest Price]( Strategic planning can be a staggering waste of time—if you allow it to be. Strategic planning was a management phenomenon in the late 60s and early 70s. It was being hailed as "the fountainhead of all corporate progress." Everyone, it seemed, was doing it—or in danger of being left in the dust by the competition. Then something happened. CEOs began questioning the effectiveness of strategic planning. One anonymously referred to it as "a staggering waste of time." Another called it "basically a plaything of staff." And strategic planning began to fall out of vogue. What changed? How did strategic planning-once the road to corporate nirvana—suddenly become a C-suite pariah? We'll discuss this in Part 2—Do You Have the Guts to Develop a Successful Strategic Plan? Learn how to develop a visual strategic plan. SmartDraw offers a complete set of tools to help organizations of any size develop a successful strategic plan. These include SWOT diagrams, strategy maps, balanced scorecards, value chain analyses and many more. We also provide number of resources to help your organization develop a successful strategic plan. Download our free white paper to learn more. [Start Up Tips]( Get Started Now There's no risk when you buy SmartDraw. You get an amazingly powerful yet easy-to-use product, along with free support and our unconditional, 30-day money-back guarantee. [Get SmartDraw Today]( [Buy Today]( You control the e-mail you get from SmartDraw Software: [Unlist]( SmartDraw Software, LLC | 9909 Mira Mesa Blvd. | San Diego, CA 92131 | USA ©1994-2017 SmartDraw, LLC [SmartDraw's Twitter]( [SmartDraw's Facebook ]( [SmartDraw's LinkedIn]( [SmartDraw's Goople Plus](Smartdrawsoftware/posts) [SmartDraw's Pinterest]( [SmartDraw's YouTube](