PESTLE Analysis Template
Marketers and strategists use the PESTLE Analysis as a framework to identify key external factors that may impact an organization now and in the future. The goal of this exercise is to uncover the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental forces surrounding your organization. So that you can keep an internal true north with your next big idea while these external factors come to play.
- Identify, analyze, and monitor external factors affecting your organization.
- Use your findings to complete other business management exercises such as the SWOT analysis and the Business Model Canvas.
- Inform strategic moves and organizational decisions.
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- Create a living PESTLE framework to analyze and monitor the external factors affecting your organization.
- Inform organizational planning and decision-making with data on external environmental factors.
- Use your findings to complete other business management exercises such as the SWOT analysis and the business model canvas.
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What is a PESTLE analysis?
The PESTLE analysis is a strategic framework used by marketers and business strategists to identify, analyze, organize, and monitor key external factors that may impact an organization now and in the future.
The goal of this exercise is to analyze and monitor the external marketing environmental factors that have an impact on your organization. You can then use your findings to identify your threats and weaknesses in the SWOT Analysis or TOWS Matrix while defining your next big idea.
What are the six components of a PESTLE analysis?
The PESTLE analysis template helps you uncover six major external factors that may affect your organization: the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental.
How do you structure a PESTLE analysis?
The PESTLE analysis template outlines everything you need to analyze your organization’s external environmental factors.
- Politics: How does the government influence the economy or your organization in particular?
- Economics: How does the economic landscape directly impact your company? What are the long-term effects?
- Social: What’s going on culturally? How is this affecting your ideal consumer?
- Technology: What technological advancements are affecting operations in your industry?.
- Legal: Are there certain laws that affect your organization’s business environment? Any internal laws or legal policies?
- Environmental: How does your immediate environment impact your industry and operations?
Are there alternatives to the PESTLE Analysis?
Yes. To analyze the broader market landscape and your organization’s place in it explore these strategic frameworks.
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The goal of the PESTLE analysis template is to analyze and monitor the external marketing environmental factors that have an impact on your organization. Use your findings to identify your threats and weaknesses in the SWOT Analysis or TOWS Matrix while defining your next big idea.
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The living PESTLE analysis template allows you to instantly sync different departments and management. You can add collaborators to work in real-time. And you can share the customizable link to keep colleagues up-to-date on your progress.
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