Companies that use this – make a difference in driving culture. The Plan-on-a-Page fosters alignment and encourages collaboration since it shows the inter-relatedness of the different pieces that make up the whole.   

As we can see from the Illustration below the Plan-on-a-Page does just what it says.  It lays out a full annual operating plan complete with the Vision that’s guiding it, the Goals that propel it and the specific Initiatives that will achieve them. Presenting the plan in this format makes it very understandable to a team, unit or organization. A common problem and complaint within companies is that one function has no idea what another function is doing or how the two functions should relate to each other. With Plan-on-a-Page, all the Initiatives are shown and the linkages become self-evident.

Gaining alignment is much easier when all the elements are clearly laid out and easy to grasp. And the Plan-on-a-Page breathes life into a document that often is barely acknowledged except in mandatory reviews and almost never referenced for guidance. It underscores the importance of a plan being a living document, not a static oversized binder or spreadsheet.