Alex Nitsa
Strategic planning for small businesses in Charlotte often gets pushed to "next quarter" because it sounds heavy. It doesn't have to be. The most useful plans I see fit on one page.
One goal for the next 90 days
Not five. One. "Sign four new retainer clients" or "launch the new service to existing customers." If everything is a goal, nothing is.
Three priorities that serve the goal
Write the three actions that would move that goal the most. Each should be concrete enough that you'd know on Friday whether it happened.
A stop list
This is the part most plans skip. What will you stop doing for 90 days so the priorities get time? A marketing channel that never worked, a low-margin service, a weekly meeting nobody needs.
A short weekly check-in
Fifteen minutes every Monday: are we still working on the three priorities? If not, why? That's the whole system.
Working with a consultant in Charlotte
As a business consultant and coach based in Charlotte, NC, I help owners build this one-page plan in a single focused session, then keep it honest over the following weeks.
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