Small business strategic planning should quickly lead you from defining where you are going to deciding how to get there. Getting there takes a well-built strategy and implementation plan. Get planning and management tools with the basics of how to use them.

ACE stands for Achieve, Clarify, Execute:

Achieve: Determine what you want to achieve in the long term and the short term. You’ll create a vision of where you’re heading with three-year priorities and one-year goals of how to get there.

Clarify: Your goals are clarified and refined to make sure they’re achievable. You’ll build a cash flow projection to clarify your financial plan and options. You’ll map out the right sequence of quarterly objectives to achieve your goals.

Execute: You’ll break down your objectives into specific step-by-step tasks that can be assigned to others and tracked for accountability. Monitor your progress with a key performance indicators (KPI) dashboard. You’ll have a complete action plan from three-year priorities to practical quarterly objectives and tasks.