It always happens that, entrepreneurs implement a very good business change but the enterprise fails to catch-up with that change. The result is no benefit from the change or a backward change as a consequence of burning out resources for implementing the change. This is where planning for outcomes become very important.

• First requirement is communication. When you make a change let every one related to your company know that you are making a change. Let them anticipate and adjust to the change.
• Plan for all possible outcomes. The theory of business uncertainty states that there is always a chance of happening of one thing or to not happening of that thing or happening of other things. Plan for all those.
• Anticipate your changes. Like retirements, new product releases, competitor researches, economic changes and global/local changes. You can then incorporate these changes to your plans and to magnify/minimize the effect of those.
• Plan your outcome with respect to your next or long-term goal. Often we get better results when we know exactly from where to start the next step.
• Keep your plans flexible. Expecting always the perfect result is not at all a bad habit. But remember many controllable and unwieldy factors in this universe contribute to that perfect result.