Your Strategy

1. Have you defined the core values that will guide your business?
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2. Do you have a well-articulated, meaningful mission statement for your business?
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3. Have you assessed your company's strengths and weaknesses?
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4. Have you identified the key opportunities and threats facing your business?
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5. Do you know what the key success factors are for your business?
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6. Have you analyzed your competition well enough to know their strengths and weaknesses?
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7. Have you established meaningful goals and objectives for your company?
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8. Have you formulated a clear, coherent strategy that will serve as your company's "game plan"?
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9. Have you created specific tactics to implement your company's strategy in the marketplace?
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10. Have you established accurate control systems that will give you feedback on how well your strategy is working and how well your business is doing?
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