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. . The Mindset of the 2010 Business Plan � Survival Mode or Recovery Mode? . |
August 2009 - In the throes of developing the Sales and Marketing plan for 2010 � it�s time to do a gut check! What is the mindset of the people involved in the plan development � are they in a hunkered down in survival mode or in an optimistic recovery state? After a brutal year in 2009, it is easy to fall into survival mode. "If you operate in emergency mode, you tend to lose sight of long-term plans. If you're in triage all the time, God help you," says Umesh Ramakrishnan, vice chairman at CTPartners, a global executive-search firm in daily contact with CEOs. (USAToday, 8/10/09) Those unarticulated attitudes, or as Anthony Robbins would say �self limiting beliefs�, reinforced by past and present data can lead you to develop a �survival� based plan that is oblivious to innovation and blind to the opportunities that present themselves moving forward. Being oblivious to potential opportunities in 2010 may be worse than dealing with the economy of 2009. Seth Godin sees it this way ��In a booming economy, mistakes can be covered up because there�s so much money going around. During tougher financial times, a higher premium is placed on people who �get it� � those who�ve got all their bases covered and can focus real energy on their business plan. There�s nothing like a recession for focusing the business mindset. Many will give up, leaving the field clearer.� (American Express Open Forum, 8/10/09) Take a �gut check� of your team:
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