Key to the 24 Hour Business Plan process are the 8 Pillars of Executional Excellence. If there were one pillar that may be the ‘less sexy’ of the eight, then that would likely be Operations. However, in recent months the operational strength and crisis management of companies like Optus, Medibank, My Deal, and others have been tested like never before.

71% of the fastest-growing companies have a business plan. And business plans increase your chance of growth by 48%. Business plans help leaders visualise and achieve success. How? By starting with the end in mind and then working backwards to map what needs to be done in order to get there.

Andrew 'Billy' Baxter's experience in business strategy and growth was earned the hard way during a 30-year career carving out market share in the fiercely competitive world of advertising. Now organisations can learn (almost) everything he knows about setting – and realising – growth ambitions in just 24 hours.

How do you write a plan on a page? A plan on a page should summarise a business plan. Here are 5 steps to writing a plan on a page.