The framework

The ORBIT Method

Most business plans are written, admired and forgotten. Your ORBIT is different — a living strategic framework you build, implement and review as the business develops.

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Why static plans often fail

Traditional plans freeze one moment in time. Businesses don't stay still — circumstances change, decisions are made, opportunities appear. A strategy only creates progress if it stays visible, honest and reviewed.

O

Outcomes

Longer-term ambitions, commercial and personal goals — what success should look and feel like.

R

Reality

Current performance, capacity, resources, finances, strengths and challenges.

B

Barriers

Capacity, finance, positioning, operations, confidence, workload, external risks.

I

Initiatives

No more than three principal areas of strategic focus — not general task lists.

T

Traction

90-day outcomes, measures, milestones, actions, due dates and accountability.

How your ORBIT is built

StageWhat happens
1. DiagnoseTake the two-minute Snapshot, then build your Business Blueprint with Liz in a Power Hour and see the whole business clearly.
2. ExploreA one-to-one Strategic Planning Session or ORBIT Strategy Mastermind explores Outcomes, Reality, Barriers and Initiatives.
3. FocusYou leave with clearer direction, key decisions and an initial set of strategic initiatives.
4. PlanThe 90-Day Programme completes Traction — a detailed, achievable 90-day plan.
5. Build tractionImplement, measure and regularly review your ORBIT. Renew it for each new cycle.

Reviews keep the strategy alive

Weekly check-in

A short check-in: what progress did you make, what got in the way, what matters most this week, and do you need support or a decision? Traction without excessive administration.

Monthly ORBIT review

Are the outcomes still right? Has reality changed? Have new barriers appeared? Are the initiatives creating progress? Every review is retained so progress can be seen over time.

The ORBIT workspace supports the process

Clients on the 90-Day Programme and Boardroom Partnership hold their ORBIT in a dedicated digital workspace — outcomes, initiatives, weekly actions, measures, check-ins, decisions and previous cycles, all in one place.

A simple example

A service business owner arrives busy but stalled. Their Blueprint reveals under-priced work and no capacity to grow. Their ORBIT sets one outcome (sustainable growth without more hours), an honest reality, two barriers (pricing, capacity) and three initiatives. Ninety days later: prices revised, one service retired, four hours a week recovered — and the next cycle planned.

Coaches: run this with your own clients

The ORBIT workspace behind Liz's practice is available to other coaches as their own branded edition — your logo, your domain, your clients, your method. Built and licensed by ATO Insight Solutions; ask Liz about it or enquire directly.

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