Your annual plans - and your longer range, 3 year plan - should be considered a living, breathing entity. Adjustments, calibrations, and refinements should be ongoing. In this week's episode John Chaple of ProCFO Partners walks us through some specifics that leaders can pinpoint to make their 3-year plan the most productive. Starting with the "guardrails" of a pseudo-SWOT analysis and continuing with a top-down exploration of key parameters and performance indicators, John talks us through the value drivers - the 3 or 4 things that, if executed flawlessly and assessed regularly, can shape a three year plan that's goal-driven and achievement-based.

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