While most Strategic Planning books are designed for corporations or organizations, this book is specifically for individuals and small businesses. It takes a "coach" approach to help you (1) determine the values most important to you; (2) set targeted, focused, balanced goals; and (3) achieve outstanding results based on your personal definition of success. This book is a collection of the three volumes in the Strategic Goal Planning series available through Amazon Kindle and takes you through the entire process from beginning to end. In Part 1 - Determining Your Core Values, we begin by identifying and prioritizing what is most important to you- your Core Values. In Part 2 - Creating Targeted Goals, we use specific questions to think about the past and begin to plan for the future. You;ll look for patterns of success and areas that have been neglected. You'll create a plan for where to put your attention and how to best create the results that move you forward along your desired goal path. In Part 3 - Your Focused One Page Plan, you'll create a more linear plan that lists the key factors and strategies you'll need to pay attention to. We also identify some ways to schedule your actions and track your progress. In the end, as you work through these exercises and processes, you'll have a plan that is interesting, relevant and still doable. A plan that will help you stay focused on the important aspects of what will make you successful - on your own terms and by your own definition of success. This is not a dry, academic book written for educational institutions. These exercises and techniques have been extensively "field tested" with hundreds of small business clients in workshops, seminars, previous ebooks, business networks, online membership communities, teleseminars, webinars and private coaching sessions. NOTE: This book includes worksheets for each of the exercises, along with links to free downloadable worksheets for each of the individual book parts to help you work through the exercises and processes.
About the Author: Katie Darden is a Business and Career coach, Trainer, Speaker and Internet Marketer with over 20 years experience in Human Resources, including Personnel as well as Training and Development. She's held several different roles in government and private industry across a broad range of organizations, from small business start-up through City, County, State and Federal governments. Her vast experience includes working as a consultant for businesses such as Microsoft, Intel, Continental Airlines, Alcoa, Johnson and Johnson, Applied Materials, MCI, British Telecom, Glaxo, Hewlett Packard, Honda, Ontario Hydro (Canada), Syncrude Canada, US West, Department of Veteran's Affairs and several California State Agencies. Katie has built and managed several small businesses since the 1970s, enjoying all the benefits of being a serial entrepreneur. She loves working with creative people and small start-ups. For several years she focused on working with women entrepreneurs, and has won awards for website design and managing local and national business networking groups. In 1999 she received National recognition when she designed and managed the first online virtual network for the National Association for Female Executives. She is a 1997 graduate of Coach U, a founding member of Coachville and the Graduate School of Coaching, a certified Handwriting Expert, a registered and certified hypnotherapist and Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Katie is an artist in her "spare" time, designing and creating award-winning fused glass jewelry and painted fabric items for her etsy stores. She considers herself fortunate to live on the far Northern Redwood Coast of California and to spend the rainiest 4 months every year in San Felipe, Mexico, on the Sea of Cortez. Katie believes that we can only be happy when we are using our unique, natural gifts in ways that fully express who we are. She realizes her role is to create opportunities for people to discover and express their natural talents. You can find out more about Katie at her website http: //careerlifeinstitute.com/about/katie-darden/