ASK AN ABC MEMBER PROFESSIONAL: DUSTIN WALLING (11/01/2009)

Dustin Walling, Principal, Dustin Walling Associates

Question:
What type of strategic planning should I do to emerge as a thriving and successful business?

Answer:
High performance companies engage in strategic planning which changes the way they operate on a monthly basis. The single most important output from strategic planning is Performance Factors, those key performance indicators and key accountabilities most critical to successful attainment of corporate goals. Any strategic planning should produce clarified values, vision, and mission; an analysis of current situation; financial forecast; competitive analysis; and staff analysis. But the single best key to high performance is creating forward-looking expectations for your own success, and planning to make it happen: Performance Factors. Check progress at least monthly.

Dustin Walling Associates is a management consulting firm that helps build high performance organizations in Seattle, the Puget Sound, and throughout the Western United States. Their passion is to generate greater profitability and productivity, improve quality of life for our client leaders and staff, and foster giving to the communities and environment in which we live.

Dustin is very active in ABC, and a member of the Industry Partners Council, a group of members servicing and educating fellow ABC members.

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