One-Page Strategic Plan (OPSP)

The sheet reads left to right from the longest horizon to the shortest. Core values and purpose anchor the left edge, the BHAG and three-to-five-year targets sit next, then the one-year plan with its revenue, profit and critical number, then the quarter, and finally a column for the individual's own priorities. Each horizon carries three to five priorities and exactly one critical number, so every column can be read as a ranked list. The quarterly columns are rewritten at each quarterly planning session; the left-hand columns change rarely, and a change there is itself news.

One page is a formatting rule, not a thinking rule. Compression strips out the reasoning behind each choice, so a plan can end up as a grid of nouns that only the people who were in the room can decode — which is why a laminated OPSP and a well-understood one look identical from across a desk.