How to Sync Your Budget with a Strategic Plan
Briefly

CEOs often face a significant gap between their strategic plans and budgets. Aligning these two aspects is seen as a hallmark of effective management, though this alignment is rarely achieved. Testing a strategic idea involves analyzing its potential impact on financial metrics, such as revenue, costs, and overall financial health. This analysis is crucial for informed decision-making in business management.
Aligning strategy and budgets is touted as a hallmark of effective management. Yet, an alarming disconnect between the two has been observed over many years.
Testing a strategic idea should involve analyzing its impact, such as how changing suppliers affects revenues and costs or how upskilling employees influences the bottom line.
Read at Harvard Business Review
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