Insights from Our Guest Experts
In addition to guests presenting their businesses,
we invite seasoned avisors to share their insights.
Meet Patrick Below
Strategic & Operational Planning
Patrick Below is an internationally recognized authority and consultant on
Strategic and Operational Planning, Execution, and Results Management.
For over 40 years, Patrick has worked across almost all industries -both profit and non-profit.
He's been engaged by over 150 CEOs to develop and implement meaningful plans, substantially improving sustained performance.
His clients have included such luminaries as Paul J. Meyer, one of the founders of Personal and Professional Development Industry.
He also worked directly with Cesar Chavez, the Latino American Labor and Civil Rights hero.
Patrick’s work has influenced leaders around the world.
His classic book, The Executive Guide to Strategic Planning, first published in 1987,
pioneered the “Integrated Planning Process.”
(In print for 35+ years, a record for a management book!)
Patrick is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of CEO Consulting Services, headquartered in Madison Wisconsin.
They focus on helping CEO’s to successfully master Strategic Planning, Building Executive Teams
and achieving superior Sustainable Results.
Discussion Points:
1. Tell us where your passion for planning originated.
2. How did this evolve into 40+ years of consulting experience?
3. What is the Integrated Planning Process and why is this important? (See diagram.)
4. Explain why the process of planning as important as the plan, and maybe more?
How does the strategic plan fit into the Integrated Planning Process?
5. Why developing a Strategic Plan the most important responsibility of a business leader?
6. What is the most effective approach to developing a strategic plan?
7. What is the key to keeping your executive team committed to the strategic planning and the process?
Patrick J Below
CEO Consulting Services
608-239-3622 | [email protected]
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