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Who should be reading your business plan?

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Why and when do you write a business plan? For many businesses, it's to secure a loan or investment. For charities or social enterprises, it's to obtain a grant. For larger organisations, it's often a routine part of the calendar. But why are external readers more important than the people within the organisation?

Posted by Sarah Brown on 30 Jun '24 | Tags: business planning

How can you thrive in adverse conditions?

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Two of my favourite things came together in the past week: creative strategy and gardening.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 28 Sep '23 | Tags: strategy theory of change business planning

Three reasons to feel good

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As Janice Turner wrote in The Times last month, "Lockdown turned us all into disaster victims", and three years on, it seems like it has just been one thing after another. So here are three reasons to be cheerful:

Posted by Sarah Brown on 26 May '23 | Tags: inspiration changing lives business planning

Recession: threat or opportunity .. plan for success

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As promised, I am following up on my blog Recession: Threat or Opportunity. My focus this time is uncertainty and planning to be successful.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 29 Dec '22 | Tags: business planning goal setting

Recession: threat or opportunity

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Like me, you may get to the stage where you avoid the news because it always seems terrible. As the saying goes, "we're going to hell in a handcart!". But are we?

Posted by Sarah Brown on 28 Nov '22 | Tags: business planning

Every day is a school day

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Learning is critical for on-going success and a fulfilled life.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 18 Jun '21 | Tags: charity entrepreneur marketing social enterprise inspiration goal setting values strategic development responsible organisation charter coaching business planning collaboration innovation tools 21st century business business success csr socent growth aspiration local authority feasibility study creative think tank corporate culture vision

Use Coronavirus to be better prepared

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There are three simple steps you can take to prepare for the impact of Coronavirus on your organisation

Posted by Sarah Brown on 29 Feb '20 | Tags: strategic development business planning

How to produce a business plan that can really create success for you

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Template business plans are not the answer for a business plan that you can really use to take your organisation forward, this blog will give you a strategy for producing a business plan that really reflects what you need

Posted by Sarah Brown on 01 Jan '20 | Tags: business planning

Which one page business plan do you prefer?

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Often a one page business plan is enough but do you want creativity or a formal layout?

Posted by Sarah Brown on 20 Mar '18 | Tags: business planning inspiration

Are you going to ride the wave as confidence returns to the economy?

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This is the time of year when we all set resolutions, give up drinking, lose weight, change our lives. It is also the time to have at least some simple resolutions for your business or organisation. The blog includes a tool to set some really simple goals for your business and your personal life and looks in more detail at goalsetting and the strategies which will help you achieve them.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 06 Jan '14 | Tags: goal setting entrepreneur strategic development business planning

Charities at risk

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The recent publicity about charity executive salaries, the high profile TV ads and the plethora of charity shops in every high street are giving a distorted view of how the majority of small and medium sized charities operate

Posted by Sarah Brown on 27 Aug '13 | Tags: charity business planning strategic development

Better Decision Making

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We make decisions every minute of every day even if the decision is to keep doing what we are doing but scarily too many decisions can work out wrong. Based on Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath I've developed a tool "The Decision Improver"(c) to help you make better decisions. Firstly be aware that it is rare a decision should be whether or not - widen your options, then test your assumptions, reduce the emotion, get your distance and then prepare to be wrong in either direction - overly successful or failing.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 25 Jun '13 | Tags: entrepreneur charity goal setting social enterprise strategic development inspiration business planning action decision making

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