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By Angela Parker

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”…��right?

I used to believe that the right plan would always yield the right result. Just follow the steps, stay the course, and celebrate the win. I then��learned that people are unwieldy; if they don’t have a say in the plan, they won’t see how it pertains to them, and they don’t follow through. Easy solution: start with an environmental scan, adjust the plan to the people, and then you’re back on track – stay the course, celebrate the win.

But even after all that,��my plans seemed to fail. And still, the problem seemed to be the people. I gave them a great plan, so why couldn’t they just fall in line?