I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY APPROACH TO CLIENTS who come to me for strategic planning services. Instead of me assuming that the process of building a plan is the most important part of planning (and of utmost importance to the client), I'm going to start by questioning the organization's ability and commitment to executing the plan once it's finally adopted. My experience has been -- and I know this goes for other planning consultants, too -- the wheels fall off the plan when the organization actually has to implement what it says it wants to do. Even when we spend hours creating detailed work plans it never ceases to amaze me that they are poorly used or not used at all. It's often not for lack of desire that organizations fail to follow through on implementation. How many of you have heard or said, "We think this is important, but...." followed by the list of what stands in the way of execution. Top responses: no time, no money, no interest; stuff c...