Here are nine tips for making the most of your strategic plan and meeting your objectives successfully.

1. Refer to, review, and revisit the plan regularly. Remember that it is a part of the way that you deliver results to your stakeholders.
2. Commitment to the plan must come from the top level (including the CEO) and throughout the company.
3. Make sure that everyone is aware of why the organization is implementing a strategic plan.
4. Be flexible about making adjustments when they are needed, but keep your overall objectives in mind.
5. Demonstrate your commitment to the company values in the things that you do. If you say that the company values respect, honesty, and integrity, you have to behave that way.
6. Measure the right things. It’s long been a common expression (attributed to Peter Drucker) that “what gets measured gets managed,” so we understand that we need to take measurements, but it is just as important to manage the right things.
7. Implement a balanced scorecard, if you have not done so already.
8. Launch the plan in a positive way (celebrate!).
9. Wrap up the plan in a positive way (celebrate again!).