How to Align Your Business Strategy for Long-Term Success

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Apr 15, 2025

Discover how misaligned strategies can stall business growth. Reflect on costly past decisions that seemed promising but turned out to be missteps. Learn to identify anti-strategies that drain resources and momentum. Emphasize the importance of collaboration and alignment in your planning. Understand the true costs of operating in a silo and how to avoid costly detours. Uncover essential steps to pivot your approach for long-term success.

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ANECDOTE

Almost Launched Coaching Program

Amy Porterfield almost launched a coaching program.
She canceled it a week before launch after a consultant predicted it would negatively impact other business areas.

INSIGHT

Anti-Strategies Hinder Growth

Business growth can slow down due to anti-strategies, not just a lack of strategy.
Anti-strategies are misalignments where decisions are made in silos, not serving the big picture.

ANECDOTE

CRM Migration Gone Wrong

Migrating from Infusionsoft to HubSpot went wrong due to excluding the marketing team initially.
Mid-project changes wasted time and money.

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The Smartest Entrepreneurs Know When to Pivot—Here’s How to Spot and Fix a Strategy That’s Holding You Back

What if the reason your business growth has stalled isn’t due to a lack of strategy—but rather the wrong strategy? You might be unknowingly following an anti-strategy, a sneaky business misalignment that costs time, money, and momentum.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on my own anti-strategies—the costly decisions I thought were game-changers but turned out to be massive missteps. From a coaching program that almost derailed my core business to a CRM migration nightmare that drained time and resources, I’m sharing the hard-earned lessons that will help you avoid making the same mistakes.

If you’ve ever felt stuck despite implementing all the "right" strategies, this episode is for you. I’ll walk you through exactly how to identify and course-correct an anti-strategy before it costs you big time.

HERE ARE THE 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

1️⃣ An Anti-Strategy Is a Strategy That Works Against You – Sometimes, a plan seems smart on paper but lacks alignment with your core business goals. If a new project pulls you away from your primary revenue drivers, it could be an anti-strategy in disguise.

2️⃣ Misalignment Costs More Than You Think – Whether it’s wasted time, lost revenue, or team frustration, making decisions in a silo (without the right input) leads to costly detours. The key is bringing the right people into the conversation early.

3️⃣ The Fix? Strategic Check-Ins & Gut Instincts – Regularly review your business goals and ask, “Is this truly moving us forward?” If your gut tells you something is off, trust it. Pausing and pivoting sooner rather than later can save you from a painful misstep.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Check out Growth Tools: growthtools.com

Take Patrick Lencioni’s Working Genius Assessment: workinggenius.com

Listen to my episode on the “all-or-nothing” mindset: How To Stop Being An All-or-Nothing Thinker

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