I like the advice from Pat Lencioni, best-selling author and management consultant. He says the answer is rather simple in his book, The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable

1. Build and maintain a cohesive leadership team - Do you have a strong #2? CFO? A strong management team with clarity around the organization's strategy can move mountains. 
2. Create organizational clarity - this is done through by making strategic planning a systematic process (versus episodic events) 
3. Over-communicate organizational clarity - The more teams understand the strategy, the less they need to be supervised and directed 
4. Reinforce organizational clarity through human systems - Your strategy will be derailed if your human systems (compensation, recruiting, training) conflict with your strategies. You build clarity and alignment by developing simple structures around decision-making, performance and reward policies.  

We have developed a strategic thinking system that helps develop these extraordinary leaders (Top Five Qualities of Extraordianry Leaders), align your team, and develop a dynamic strategic plan capable of navigating these turbulent times. It is called I2A - Insights to Action and is used in leadership development and as a system for strategic planning. Call Pam Devine at (888) 481-3500 for more information.