Is your strategic plan “snackable?”

by Mark Arnold, On The Mark Strategies

Do you like M&Ms? They’re definitely a favorite snack of mine – small, easy to swallow and you’re able to finish a bag without getting sick. In other words, they’re perfectly snackable.

But strategic plans usually aren’t as snackable as a bag of M&Ms.

Credit unions and community banks tend to stuff them with everything plus the kitchen sink, which makes executing the whole plan impossible. It’s like buying a sheet cake, trying to swallow it in one bite and winding up on the floor, groaning and clutching your stomach.

Your strategic plan shouldn’t make you ill. So, how do you make a snackable strategic plan?

 

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