Implementing your Strategy

9th of November, 2021

Being tight on the ends and loose on the means.

Being tight on the ends involves building a strong commitment and understanding of the objectives and goals of your organisation.

Although the objectives and goals are in an ink, create the action plans in pencil. Allow those who are responsible for the goals to develop their own methods to best achieve those goals. Hence, loose on the means.

Strategic planning experts have recognised the importance of flexibility and authority in the implementation of a strategic plan. Those people involved in the implementation process need to have enough flexibility in authority to be creative and responsive to new developments, without having to reconstruct the entire strategic plan. Flexibility is important as adjustments are necessary when planning for an uncertain future. An organisation's objectives and goals are much less likely and far more difficult to change than the programmes and activities planned to achieve them.