Planning to Excel

Through years of study and practical applications, Bob Mason has developed a method of strategic planning that is specifically designed to help an organization’s leader create a basic plan to lead an organization to excel. No cookie-cutter approach, Planning to Excel: Strategic Planning that Works involves leaders and team members in building a planning framework that is specifically tailored to their business. This book: • Explains why creating a mission statement and identifying the company’s core values is essential to success, and then helps you identify them for your business. • Uses useful and insightful worksheets and well-posed questions to help you determine your organizational culture, key result areas, and track your goals. • Shows that conflict is good…if managed well…while reminding you that your customers and suppliers are partners in your success. • Walks you through a process to find the roadblocks that will be thrown your way while keeping your sights set on your organization’s goals. • Gives you helpful hints on how to spread the word and keep the plan alive. Bob Mason’s experience shines through in this comprehensive book that is interspersed with insightful quotes, tips, and examples that help drive home important points. Straightforward and refreshingly interactive, Planning to Excel is a must-read for leaders and managers of all levels in your organization.

Bob Mason is a consultant, speaker, and founder of RLM Planning and Leadership. He started the company after 30 years of leadership experience which taught him what does and doesn't work and how to modify leadership techniques to each situation. He has led organizations of a few people and many hundreds of people and has worked with many types of groups including government and non-profit.

Through his years of experience, Bob has developed a unique strategic planning model that he's used extensively to focus organizations and obtain maximum efficiency with equal success in many types of applications. He has successfully trained hundreds of leaders, emphasizing the importance of post-training follow-up to help emerging leaders effectively apply the skills and concepts they were taught. He passionately believes that without a plan, leaders don't know where to lead and without effective leaders the best plan will fail.