You could add the following elements to your Annual Operating Plan:
- Forecast
- Follow-up on budget
- Preparation of annual report
- Staff appraisals
- Christmas Party
- Political requests for results or for priority of efforts in the local authorities f.inst.
- Seasonal considerations – f.inst.
- Peak season periods (the travel industry)
- International fairs (the fashion industry)
- Staff conference
- Board meeting
- Quarterly management meetings
- Staff meetings
- Budget
- Propositions you have to await before you can make certain decisions.
- Profit goal of group to companies in the group
- Preparation of the Annual Operating Plan for the following year
- Strategy
- Performance contract
- Business plan
- Operational objectives
- Requests from the authorities regarding deadlines for reports
- Beginning of a new quarter (the finance sector)
- Annual report or interim report right before the summer holidays
- Kick-off activity just after the summer holidays