In this month's Second Stage, Crain's talked to three second-stage business owners about how strategic planning helped grow their companies, as well as advice and tips on how it was implemented: ...

If your business is growing, you need to have a written strategic plan. Otherwise, you really have no strategy at all. Documenting your strategy does not have to be hard.

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To be competitive in the next five years, be sure your company has a strategic plan in place to help you adapt, grow, and thrive.

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Here are 10 simple tips to guide your strategic planning for the coming year. Newsletters SUBSCRIBE. ... When you do solve it, you automatically grow your business in a leveraged way!

Spend 50 percent of your time on strategic planning. For a month, keep a timesheet and write down how you spend every hour. If you're the CEO, a good goal is to spend at least 50 percent of your ...