Your December Salisbury Business Newsletter

December 2019

Happy Holidays

From the Salisbury Business Center to You!

Art for the Holidays!

Through January 2020!

The Salisbury Business Center is hosting a new art exhibit featuring water color art by local artist Mark (Mook) Brincefield. Mook is a noted cartoonist, often featured in the Salisbury Post . But his watercolors landscapes, florals,

and famous musicians will sweep you away!

The 'Mook in Color' exhibit will run through January 24th, 2020.

All exhibited pieces are 'For Sale'. The artist receives 100% of sale proceeds.

Public viewing for the ‘Mook in Color' exhibit is:

Monday - Friday

8:00am - 5:00pm

301 S. Main Street, Salisbury NC 28144

Free & Open to the Public

END OF FISCAL YEAR

RESET TIME

" If you don't know where you are going, you are certain to end up somewhere else ." - Yogi Berra

Is it worth embarking on a strategic planning process? YES!!

The key to successful strategic planning is to build in implementation steps and measures that allow you to engage your staff and monitor results at regular intervals, not just once a year! The work of strategic planning doesn’t stop at the strategic plan, but it’s a fantastic start!

Here are the top 5 benefits of strategic planning:

1. It allows organizations to be proactive rather than reactive.

Through strategic planning, your company can anticipate unfavorable scenarios before they happen and make precautions to avoid them, allowing you to be proactive rather than merely reacting to situations. Being proactive allows you to keep up with ever-changing trends in the market and always stay one step ahead of the competition.

2. It sets up a sense of direction.

A strategic plan helps define the direction in which your organization must travel, establishing realistic objectives and goals. A strategic plan offers the foundation from which you can evaluate your success and establish a framework for efficient decision-making.

3. It increases operational efficiency.

A strategic plan provides the road-map to align your organization’s functional activities to achieve set goals. It guides decision making in determining resource and budget requirements to accomplish set objectives - increasing operational efficiency.

4. It helps to increase market share and profitability.

Through a dedicated strategic plan, your organization can get valuable insights on market trends, consumer segments, and product and service offerings that affect your success. An approach that is targeted and strategically planned to turn all sales and marketing efforts into the best possible outcomes can help to increase your profitability and market share.

5. It can make a business more durable.

A business may be booming one year and in debt the next. With constantly changing markets, organizations that lack strong focus and foresight will have trouble riding the next wave. According to reports, one of every three companies that are leaders in their industry might not be there in the next five years... but the odds are in favor of those that have a strong strategic plan!

Put the odds in YOUR favor with a Strategic Planning Meeting at the Salisbury Business Center!

(Adapted from Envisio: 5 Benefits of Strategic Planning, Cara Ong, January 9, 2015)

It's time for YOUR End-of-Year / New Year Strategic Meeting!

Gather your team members at the best off-site facility in Salisbury NC: The Salisbury Business Center !

It's time to knock out that 2020 strategic plan, and what better way to do it than at the SBC state-of-the-art facility, centrally located in beautiful historic downtown Salisbury, North Carolina . We provide outstanding business-oriented services utilizing our convenient location, extensive resources, knowledgeable staff, and state-of-the-art presentation technology.

The SBC has (2) conference rooms available to help you communicate your strategies or training opportunities in style to your company or clients, each equipped with state-of-the-art presentation technology:

• The 76-seat Salisbury Auditorium

• The 14-seat Main Street Conference Room

Call 704.209.4589 to learn more!

Lease a meeting space, big or small, today ~

for your next business meeting.

Competitive rates, loads of parking,

& catering services available.