Did you know that many business owners do not have a business plan? The complexities and nuances that go into building a firm and business planning in general are more important than you might think. In this episode of the Crushing Chaos with Law Firm Mentor podcast, executive coach and business consultant, Kathy D'Agostino, shares her knowledge and 25 years of experience to help you grow and invest in your business.

Whether or not you've prepared a basic business plan that you revisit once a year or you have not taken the time to plan yet, this episode will take actionable and relatively quick steps to hone in on your mission, values and vision.

In this episode we discuss:

• Key components of a business plan
• Mission statement and Values - the roadmap to get us there
• Why personal values and business values are not dissimilar
• Values - what matters to you
• Generic and true values by industry
• SWOT analysis - what is it?
• Pre-work for SWOT analysis
• Frugal, agile, efficiency - integrating these components in business in light of COVID
• Finding out what others think about you ... by asking!
• What stands out about me as a professional?
• What can I do to have a stronger brand?
• Internal and external threats
• Narrowing down the goals - what needs to be tracked
• Deciding what to measure
• The downside of chasing too many squirrels
• How to derail your distractions