About this episode

Marc Daniels discusses the importance of having a strategic plan for business success and how to effectively execute it.

Most business owners have goals. Very few have a plan. And according to Marc Daniels, that difference is costing them everything. Marc L. Daniels has spent over 45 years building, turning around, and scaling companies across 16 countries. He helped grow Diligent from a two-customer startup to a $941 million acquisition. He turned a bankrupt company into $80 million in revenue. He has seen every version of a business that runs on ambition alone and no strategic foundation. What he finds every single time is the same problem: smart, talented people running companies without a real plan. In this episode, David Carr and Marc break down why most business plans fail before they start, what the nine components of a real strategic plan actually look like, and how to build a weekly execution rhythm that keeps your strategy alive all year long rather than collecting dust after January. In this episode: Why a spreadsheet forecast is not a strategy and what the difference actually costs you The four core components every strategic plan must have to survive contact with reality How to identify and ride emerging market trends before your competitors see them coming Why your plan needs to be…

People in this episode

Host: David W. Carr

Guest: Marc L. Daniels

Topics covered

• business strategy
• execution
• planning
• market trends
• accountability

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Organizations: Diligent

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