Strategic Planning Quotes

“People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.”
― Peter Drucker

“If you want to succeed and leave your competitors behind, you need great plans and even greater strategies.”
― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure

“Remember in the world of business, you keep your friends close but your enemies even closer.”
― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure

“Everyone starts a business with passion, but not everyone starts it with enough planning.”
― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure

“Not planning enough is like preparing for failure even if you are extremely passionate about your idea.”
― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure

“When it comes to opportunities, timing is very important.”
― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure

“A strategy is not permanent. It’s like water, it will keep changing itself as the obstacles come.”
― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure

“Thriving through change requires clear strategy. But ironically, it also requires the willingness to toss all of your existing plans out the window if the business is presented with new data or new circumstances that delegitimize the clear strategy.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“When changes are being implemented in a company, it's usually the case that the extent to which people are invested in the current status quo is the extent to which they will resist the proposed changes. So the key is to get everyone divested from the old status quo and invested in a new status quo.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Every disadvantage has its advantage.”
― Johan Cruyff, Dutch football player and coach

“Companies should not gamble with leverage. Companies shouldn't gamble on borrowed money. If a company is going to borrow and leverage other peoples money, it should be going toward something profitable, stable and safe. Executives can't predict the future with any certainty, but they can do their research and due diligence. And they can be methodical and strategic as opposed to reckless.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“You can learn a lot about business by watching sports. Some of the strategies you see being executed in a sports game can actually be translated into business terms and executed to achieve business success.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Grey Hair Doesn't Guarantee Grey Matter.”
― Rahul Guhathakurta

“Develop your leaders into a competitive advantage. Reconnect your leader-power to success.”
― Gene Morton, Leaders First: Six Bold Steps to Sustain Breakthroughs in Construction

“Plus, from my experience, for most problems, AI development is the easy part. The hard part? Everything else that goes around it. For example, how do you find the right problems to solve?”
― Kavita Ganesan, The Business Case for AI: A Leader's Guide to AI Strategies, Best Practices & Real-World Applications

“When the business environment is competitive, it's often strategy and execution that makes the difference between winners and losers.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Always remember, Brand exists in the consumers mind, so the brand is owned by the user.”
― Abraham Varghese

“When you wake up today to realize that the problem is still there, do not go back to sleep and do not cry. Take a warm bath and start planning for the unknown.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Too many companies are afraid of openness, with the right people this isn’t an issue”
― Fritz Shoemaker

“Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless.”
― Morris Chang

“Strength can be defeated with strategy.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Public relations is just as much about strategic branding, creating a publicity agenda, and fostering engagement with your target audience as it is about building a notable image.”
― Germany Kent

“A powerful marketing strategy will connect you with your target audience and draw them to you, your products and your business. ”
― Germany Kent

“You testified that your son was drafted for the NFL," Zara said, the tone of her voice changing from demanding to conversational. "Did he get his love of the sport from you?"
"I played in college," the witness said. "Wide receiver. I was a lock for a top-ten draft selection until I tore a ligament and that was the end for me."
"You must have caught some good ones in your time." Now her voice was all warmth and sympathy, tinged with awe.
The witness's eyes grew misty. "I miss those days."
Plaintiff's counsel objected on the basis of irrelevance, and the judge sustained. Zara walked back to her table and consulted her notes.
Was that it? He'd been expecting some theatrics, a smoking gun, or even a witness reduced to tears. Even without any legal training, he could see her cross-examination hadn't elicited any particularly useful information, and yet she didn't seem perturbed.
Zara bent down to grab something from her bag. "Hut!" She spun around and threw a foam football at the plaintiff, her shout echoing through the courtroom, freezing everyone in place.
The plaintiff shot out of his seat and took two steps to the side, hands in the air. "I got it. I got it." With a jump he grabbed the football and held it up, victorious. His smile faded as he stared at the stunned crowd, clearly realizing what he'd just done.
"Objection." Plaintiff's counsel glared at Zara. "What was that?"
"I believe it's called a Hail Mary pass." Zara smiled at the judge. "No further questions.”
― Sara Desai, The Singles Table

“Successful AI initiatives start with the right problems, but the right problems don’t necessarily come from your data scientists. They can come from leaders, domain experts, and innovators who sit close to the daily business challenges in your organization. Still, it takes practice to develop the vision for spotting AI opportunities...”
― Kavita Ganesan, The Business Case for AI: A Leader's Guide to AI Strategies, Best Practices & Real-World Applications

“At its best, the Young Lords offered revolutionary ideals and examples of movement-building strategies and tactics, and tough, hard-hitting, and painful lessons from its setbacks and failures.”
― Iris Morales, Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976

“In order to be effective in public relations, you must learn to develop and implement the overall communications plans to ensure effective and consistent dissemination of strategic objectives.”
― Germany Kent

“Planning is of the essence when it comes to balancing your professional and personal life.”
― Sim Ngezahayo, Essentials of Career Management for Language Professionals: A Blueprint for Mastering your Career and Leading a Healthy Work-Life Balance

“In every battle, it is not numbers and untaught bravery so much as skill and training that generally produce the victory. For we see no other explanation of the conquest of the world by the Roman People than their drill-at-arms, camp discipline and military expertise. No one is afraid to do what he is confident of having learned well. A small force which is highly trained in the conflicts of war is more apt to victory; a raw and untrained horde is always exposed to slaughter.”
― Vegetius, The Military Institutions of the Romans

“Our fear, the saga of our good deeds, the stories of our thoughts should be spread so far, that even our enemies should praise us... "What is the matter....??" "क्या बात है....??”
― Damodhar L. Vanjari