The plan dies inside the bureaucracy, what do I do?
Strategic plans die a thousand deaths in large corporations. We concluded these methods will help keep the plan alive. Don't let great innovations, great ideas, get eaten by corporate anti-bodies.
| Follow-up reviews, continuous communications about the value of the plan |
| Use metrics in the review process. Pick objectives you can measure across departmental boundaries | 
| Make the strategic objectives part of performance reviews |
| Include senior managers in reviews or brief them as required to keep their support |  | Include key bureaucrats on the planning team | | Reassign personnel who create the barriers | | Make it a recurring agenda item at key staff meetings | | Get another job ... |
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The bar length indicates the most likely method for success. |
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