Business doesn’t need to be stressful. This weekly podcast is for business owners, leaders, and managers who want to get better results, with less stress. We go deep on tactics you can roll out today, such as freeing up 15 hours per week (!) of your time, empowering your teams, and sorting out employee onboarding. Paddy Mann and Alexis Kingsbury are serial entrepreneurs who have learned these lessons the hard way over the last 15 years, and now support 100s of other business leaders as co-founders at AirManual.
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Business doesn’t need to be stressful. This weekly podcast is for business owners, leaders, and managers who want to get better results, with less stress. We go deep on tactics you can roll out today, such as freeing up 15 hours per week (!) of your time, empowering your teams, and sorting out employee onboarding. Paddy Mann and Alexis Kingsbury are serial entrepreneurs who have learned these lessons the hard way over the last 15 years, and now support 100s of other business leaders as co-founders at AirManual.
In this episode of De-stress Your Business, Alexis Kingsbury tackles the often stressful end-of-year annual planning process.
He provides practical tips for simplifying the process, aligning your team around shared goals, and creating an actionable plan for 2025.
Alexis highlights the importance of using quarterly reviews, effective tools like SWOT analysis and OKRs, and obtaining structured input from your team.
He also shares strategies to keep your planning flexible and focused, ensuring continuous progress and engagement throughout the year.
00:00 Introduction: De-stress Your Annual Planning
01:46 Why Annual Planning Feels Stressful
02:50 Preparing for Annual Planning Throughout the Year
04:21 Tools and Templates for Effective Planning
07:55 Aligning Your Team and Gathering Input
09:45 Structuring Your Annual Planning Meeting
12:17 Creating an Action Plan
14:09 Communicating and Adapting Your Plan
15:45 Conclusion and Resources
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Helpful resources:
- Template for your annual planning meeting: https://airmanual.link/annual-planning-agenda
De-stress Your Business
Business doesn’t need to be stressful. This weekly podcast is for business owners, leaders, and managers who want to get better results, with less stress. We go deep on tactics you can roll out today, such as freeing up 15 hours per week (!) of your time, empowering your teams, and sorting out employee onboarding. Paddy Mann and Alexis Kingsbury are serial entrepreneurs who have learned these lessons the hard way over the last 15 years, and now support 100s of other business leaders as co-founders at AirManual.
