Team-Based Strategic Planning: A Complete Guide to Structuring, Facilitating and Implementing the Process

There is a whole industry surrounding strategic planning, and the language of this industry is laden with jargon, that is words devoid of any real meaning. Hence, "structure,""facilitate," and "implement" have become an empty mantra with no power. The tendency to ascribe power and authority to organizations rather to the people who work within business, government, and industry undermines many such approaches, and though this book acknowledges that the power is with the people, that message gets lost in the language.

Moreover, it's just not that helpful to read that "The outside world can be hostile, difficult to understand, and sometimes impossible to influence." Too often, I find the advice and observations do not seem like what those working in the trenches need.

Though many folks swear by illustrations laden with arrows, boxes, shading, ALL CAPS, and such, I'm unable to process these sorts of graphics, focusing instead on the disparate elements and wishing I could have worked hand-in-hand with the publisher, author, anyone to suggest friendlier, more understandable designs.