THE 4 TYPES OF PLAN

• 1. OPERATIONAL PLANNING

  ▪ “Operational plans are about how things

  need to happen,” motivational leadership

  speaker Mack Story said at LinkedIn.

  “Guidelines of how to accomplish the mission

  are set.”
• STRATEGIC PLANNING

  ▪ “Strategic plans are all about why things

  need to happen,” Story said. “It’s big picture,

  long-term thinking. It starts at the highest

  level with defining a mission and casting a

  vision.”
• TACTICAL PLANNING

  ▪ “Tactical plans are about what is going to

  happen,” Story said. “Basically, at the tactical

  level, there are many focused, specific, and

  short-term plans, where the actual work is

  being done, that support the high-level

  strategic plans.”
• CONTINGENCY PLANNING

  ▪ Contingency plans are made when

  something unexpected happens or when

  something needs to be changed. Business

  experts sometimes refer to these plans as a

  special type of planning.