by Denise Harrison | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & COO Communicating strategy and gaining buy-in enables an organization to truly execute the strategic plan. As President of a financial services firm, I communicated regularly but was stymied by the lack of...
by Denise Harrison | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Thinking
By Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & COO Your new product makes the “nifty fifty” list of innovative new product introductions; you envision your picture on the cover of Fortune magazine; and then….you end up in legal battles and with little money. Here...
by Denise Harrison | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & COO Too often we are so myopically focused on the product or service we are trying to sell, that we don’t listen to what our customer is saying. The product or service may be great – but something around the buying...
by Denise Harrison | Jun 30, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Uncategorized
by Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & COO Follow the leader – or dare to be different – which works better? The Center for Simplified Strategic Planning challenges client teams to dare to be different – based on our experience of working with many...
by Denise Harrison | Jun 30, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & COO Action plans are the detailed road maps that turn your strategic plan into results. Action plans support the key strategic objectives that your team selected as the most important projects to work on for the next...