The following leadership guidelines should be kept in mind as the adopted strategies or plans move to implementation. The general guidelines, additional guidelines are offered for managing communication and education, personnel, and direct and staged communication.

Discuss the following why it's important to understand as a student of strategic planning. 1. Consciously and deliberately plan and manage implementation in a strategic way.

2. Develop implementation strategy documents including key indicators and action plans to guide implementation and focus attention on necessary decisions, actions, and responsible parties.

3. Try for changes that can be introduced easily and rapidly