Project the actions required, resources needed, and results expected to carry out your strategy. Use planning to define and better understand the risks worth taking. Let management of these risks help you meet your goals. Develop formal programs to consider how you will really achieve your objectives. Use planning to determine viability, as a basis for evaluating potential solutions, and as a yardstick with which to measure future performance.
Human concerns are always an issue.
Look closely at your people. Employers usually get the employees they deserve. Provide a viable business opportunity and hire the best. The teams with the best players have the highest winning percentages. Manage people as though they will be as they have been.