A long-term business plan considers the company's objectives and market dynamics for a period of over five years or more. These goals represent a zeal and educated intent to grow the enterprise into the future while navigating an ever-changing business landscape.

 

The previous blog covered templates to help you implement short-term tactical plans that you construct from the objectives of the long-term plans. This blog covers the templates that will aid you with those. These readymade presentations will cover all aspects of a company’s ultimate goals, be it in sales, brand recognition, shareholder growth, investments, social media presence, etc.

 

Why Long-Term Planning?

 

There are several reasons that showcase why long-term plans are critical to business success:

 

  • Alignment of purpose- It gives employees a sense of direction in their work to have a clear long-term goal that aligns with their short-term objectives.
  • Resource Allocation- Using projections of resource use, assets can be delegated in an informed manner to prevent issues such as overspending, production delays, etc.
  • Growth- Business expansion without a defined long-term plan is a pipe dream. With a plan, however, the business can recognize and capitalize on opportunities and create mutually beneficial partnerships that lead the company to scale up.
  • Risk Management- With time to anticipate risks, the business can create contingency plans to mitigate them.

 

Other benefits, like talent development, financial management, regulatory compliance, etc., enable you to make your mark in the industry and remain a formidable presence.

 

You will need the tools to create and share such a plan, delegate responsibilities, and deliver progress reports. Our pre-made Long-Term Planning Templates will do this for you.

 

How Long-Term Planning Templates Can Help?

 

We at SlideTeam understand your business requirements, and using this know-how, we have created content-ready and 100% editable PowerPoint Presentations that do the work for you. A team effort by the company's workforce and even beyond is needed to execute your plans, and our slides are the perfect resource to generate and maintain this momentum.

 

Our PPT Designs give you a starting point, a structured framework, and the flexibility to later the slides to suit your needs. This means a lot of time and energy saved for you that can be put to better use.

 

Let us dive into our curated list of the 10 best Long-Term Planning Templates that offer you all you could ask for.

 

Template 1: Short, Medium, and Long-Term Planning PowerPoint Template Bundles

 

Plan your business strategy to achieve your short-to-long-term goals with this PPT Deck. Contained within these slides are templates to share and execute an action plan for objectives such as delivery of products, shareholder growth, tourism, change adaptation, integrated business planning, investment, and more. Most slides serve a particular industry but can be easily transformed for your needs. Some slides provide a general strategy for long-term planning that you can use as step one. Download this presentation from the link below.

 

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Template 2: Short-Term and Long-Term Planning PowerPoint Presentation Slides

 

This template bundle delivers a visually diverse collection to lay out your short- and long-term goals for stakeholders. Showcase the timeline that defines the nature of the objectives. This also includes mid-term and SMART goals. There is ample space to detail the goals, including delegating roles and responsibilities, KPIs to track progress, etc. You can also showcase an overview of the business, including your mission and visions, as well as graphs and charts to deliver information. Download now.

 

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Template 3: Long-Term Strategic Planning Slide Presentation Tips

 

Use this PowerPoint Slide to present your long-term plan with the added advantage of iterative continuous improvement. This six-step strategy includes proposing the goals and mission, examining internal and external issues, conducting a SWOT analysis, and formulating the strategy. Follow this loop to improve business operations and get closer and closer to your ultimate business goals. Download this template now.

 

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Template 4: Long-Term Growth Planning Template PPT Slides

 

This diagram is a visual representation that connects your annual business operations plan with the long-term business plan. The planning loop consists of plans for supplies, short-term goals, annual budget, capital budget, and sales forecasting. Download this slide to integrate annual planning within your long-term plan and execute a strategy to achieve all objectives.

 

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Template 5: Short-Term And Long-Term Planning PowerPoint Slide

 

This PPT Layout presents a planning model with different levels of government taken as an example. Break down the mayor’s vision (highest level in the local government) into local board plans for the given city. This can then be categorized for local board agreements, including a unity plan, place-based plans, core strategies, and finally, the long-term plan. Download this template to present a detailed overview of the implementation of ideas with a strategy that has been tackled from all directions.

 

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Template 6: Career Path Planning Showing Long-Term and Personal Goals

 

Plan out your career with your long-term objectives supported by short-term goals. Begin by noting details like quick wins and short steps you’ve taken in the first 3-6 months, proceed by introspection on the previous year in the months 6-12, and add information on plans that would take more time to execute than 12 months. List your long-term and personal goals at the bottom of the layout for reference and motivation. Download this template now.

 

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Template 7: Personal Financial Planning Sheet with Short and Long-Term Goals

 

Long-term financial planning is critical to the success of a business. Convert raw numbers into easy-to-follow information with tables that deliver it as short-term, intermediate, and long-term goals. Detail the priority of each objective and present the total cost supplemented by the monthly cost and the duration and target date. Download this template to make the fiscal objectives more accessible to understand and achieve.

 

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Template 8: Five Years Roadmap with SWOT Analysis

 

A five-year plan is quite the perfect duration to set and achieve long-term goals. Detail your goals in marketing, product, business support, and finance. Use your data to conduct a SWOT analysis to crack the code for achieving these objectives. The side presents them in a timeline that acts as the audience's visual reference. Download now.

 

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Template 9: Six Months Roadmap Process

 

This PPT Layout presents a six-month roadmap to achieve your long-term goals. Beginning with gathering facts, the tasks on the timeline are conducting a SWOT analysis, reviewing inputs, creating a strategic matrix, defining strategies, and finally conducting a review to adjust the plan. Under each step, the readymade slide presents the elements for each task. Download this template now to have the right tools for a six-month plan.

 

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Template 10: Six Months Roadmap for Business Growth

 

Use this Gantt Chart Slide to deliver a six-month plan to achieve business growth. Detail the tasks along the monthly timeline for departments such as operation, product, engineering, and marketing. The color-coding feature of the chart helps the team understand their goals and keep tack of their work. Grab this template from the link below.

 

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It’s Time to Plan

 

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”

 

— Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father

 

This quote has never been more valid than for long-term business success. Fulfilling in business for years is too hard without a definitive strategy, and failure is inevitable. But do not forget that SlideTeam’s Long-Term Planning Templates will give you the helping hand you need and even do most of the work for you (it’s already done!).

 

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P.S. The templates in this blog are not ranked in any particular order. Pick the one(s) you like and download it!