by Dana Baldwin | Sep 19, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By M Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Very recently we heard that Nike, Inc. signed a long term agreement with Apollo Global Management, a private investment group, to establish manufacturing in the United States as well as complete logistics operations. The goal of...
by Dana Baldwin | Aug 26, 2016 | Strategic Planning
Note: This article was first published in Compass Points in May 2005 Dana Baldwin reviews: Marketing as Strategy Understanding the CEO’s Agenda for Driving Growth and Innovation By: Nirmalya Kumar Foreword by Philip Kotler Harvard Business School Press, 2004,...
by Dana Baldwin | Aug 5, 2016 | Strategic Planning
M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant In Strategic Planning, teams make decisions based on data and on the best knowledge of the planning team and organization. Unfortunately, well-intentioned plans can result in incurring unintended results. While analyzing what could...
by Dana Baldwin | May 21, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant How often have you gone into a store or a restaurant, called a service department on the phone, emailed a customer service unit of a company, and had anything but outstanding customer service results? All too often, customer...
by Dana Baldwin | Apr 8, 2016 | Strategic Planning
M Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant What is there about strategic planning that keeps companies from making the effort to plan their futures? Why are companies afraid to plan? We have some experience in overcoming this hesitancy through exposing companies to strategic...