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Bill Birnbaum is currently working voluntarily as a business consultant, on economic development, in Abancay, Peru. He’ll return to the United States, and to his consulting practice, mid-2008. You can contact him at: Bill@BirnbaumAssociates.com

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Strategic Planning Resources
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Strategic Planning Fundamentals		Now available! Click on book for details
	Introduction to Strategic Planning
	Getting Started in Strategic Planning
	Knowledge, Your Sustainable Competitive Advantage
	The Opportunity Grid
	Planning Issues for Larger, Multi-divisional Organizations
	Planning Issues for Smaller Companies

The Strategic Planning Process
	Timeline of the Strategic Planning Process
	Reinventing the Strategic Planning Process
	Selecting Your Strategy Consultant
	Three Tips for a Successful Strategic Planning Retreat
	Eleven Tips to Make Your Strategic Plan a Success
	Preparing for Your Strategy Sessions: 18 Proven Techniques
	Assure Strategic Thinking in Your Strategic Planning

Elements of the Strategic Plan
	Key Success Factors in Strategic Planning
	Developing Your Mission Statement
	Ten questions About the Mission Statement
	Developing Your Organization’s Vision
	Mission, Vision, Values
	Developing Your Strategic Objectives
	Common Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Implementing Your Strategy
	Implementing Your Business Strategy
	Strategy Implementation: Six Supporting Factors
	Linkage: the Foundation for Everything Else
	Your Action Plan: Converting Your Strategy to Action
	Monitoring Implementation of Your Strategic Plan

Business Strategy in the News
	Kmart to Acquire Sears. Goodbye, Kmart
	How Much Savings through Outsourcing?
	New Boom in Agriculture: Changing Diet in Emerging Nations
	An Acquisition That Makes Sense: FedEx to Acquire Kinko's
	Big Change in the Grocery Industry: The California Grocery Strike
	India - An Emerging Global Competitor: U.S. High-Tech Service Jobs at Stake
	Unemployment – Good News and Bad: Many Jobs Won't Come Back
	Complete List of "Strategy in the News" Articles

About Birnbaum Associates
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Helping companies with business strategy
	Birnbaum Associates, Business Strategy Consultants
	Bill Birnbaum, CMC, President of Birnbaum Associates
	Clients and Industries Served
	Business Strategies Newsletter
	Strategic Planning Workshops
	AMA Book "If You strategy Is So Terrific, How Come It Doesn't Work?"
	"Strategic Thinking" Bill Birnbaum's New Book
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