131: How to Easily Create a Strategic Plan for Your Design Firm WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS

Creating a strategic plan does not have to be difficult or overwhelming. If you followed along in my year end planning podcasts, you have a lot of the inputs to this strategy. If not no worries, you can do it now. Let’s build a strategic plan!

Topics Mentioned: 

• Vision

• SWOTT

• Milestones

• Goals 

Key Thoughts:

• A strategic plan, simply put, is a document that tells where a company or organization is going. Consider it your road map for traveling into the future with your business. Michele (4:54)  

• Part of the beauty of creating a plan is having an idea of where you are going so you can plan in advance. Michele (10:24)   

• Every company has a limited supply of resources. These resources can be time, money, and people. Knowing how to spend each of these gives us an advantage. Michele (15:40) 

 

Contact Michele:

• Email: [email protected]

• Facebook: Scarlet Thread Consulting

• Instagram: @ScarletThreadATL

 

References and Resources:

• The Designers' Inner Circle - Become a Member Today

• Traction by Gino Wickman

• 12-Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington

• 6 Pre-Planning Tips for Your Design Year - EP 116 with Michele Williams

• 4 Year-End Steps to Prepare Your Interior Design Business - EP 118 with Michele Williams

• Year-End Planning for HR, Marketing and Finances for your Design Firm - EP 121 with Michele Williams

• 5 Reasons Successful Interior Designers Use a Strategic Plan - EP 129 with Michele Williams