With 2025 just a short “bus ride” away every business and organization leader should be thinking about their 2025 Thrival Plan. Yes, the BIG Corporates will have already done so (or will they?) However, you mustn’t think that your business is too small or that there is plenty of time for thinking and planning.

Time seems to fly quickly these days largely because of the myriad of daily, and supposedly important jobs to be done as a leader. But these “time-grabbing” jobs shouldn’t crowd out your leadership responsibilities of growth. If they do, then you may end up planning for surviving or even consider your business to be diving. We live in such a changing and uncertain economically fluid world that such results may happen. Unless you take action.

Of course, you could be muttering that’s all very well for me to say because I’m not there with you who has that myriad of “today tasks” to achieve before you even think of 2025. However, I do understand and I’ve been there myself many times in the past and worked with many leaders across many sectors who have done the same thing.

At this stage in this post, I want to move away from that conversation and encourage you to think about your Thrive ’25 plan. If you steadfastly think I am too prescient and there’s lots of time before you need to plan, then save yourself some time and leave this post. Join me later on in another posting!

If you’re still here with me, then let me give you some Thrive ’25 thinking. Yes, there’s uncertainty around with geopolitical problems making some markets hard to access. Yes, there are new challenges to meet with the advent of AI (artificial intelligence),. Yes, there are HR problems with a fluid workforce. Yes, customers are today less loyal and their buying behaviors have changed. And of course, there are many more “yesses” like those!

But anyone can list the negatives. And in many cases, they will do so as it may be deemed “safer”. What you need as a leader is to list the positives to outweigh the negatives. If you don’t your competitors or a new entrant disruptor may do so.

I’ve lived my life with the firm Stoicism belief that there are “no problems only opportunities”. You just have to have the growth mindset to want to find those opportunities instead of being drowned by the negatives.

So where does this leave you in your planning of Thrive ’25? Well over the coming posts and across our channels and shows and new membership clubs, courses and coaching you can find the answers you seek. Not all from me you’ll be glad to hear. But also from the 100’s of global experts and thought leaders we interview on our BVTV Global Channels.

I want to start your Thrive ’25 thinking in this post with our Thrive Model. You will see in the image below the steps to consider. How about taking the time now to consider those steps and how you will consider and reflect on them? Then follow me on further posts and our Thrive ’25 Programme to action them. Are you up for that? Here’s the model.

The model is not complicated as you can see. However, it’s essential you don’t miss a step. Trust me, I have done that in the past much to my financial regret!