by Robert Bradford | Dec 18, 2015 | Strategy Implementation
This article was originally posted in Course and Direction, and this is Part One of that article. It’s critically important that employees understand your strategy. Employees who understand your strategy will be able to make better day-to-day decisions that...
by Robert Bradford | Nov 6, 2015 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President & CEO I’ve read a couple of interesting articles recently that assert that culture beats strategy every time. While culture is critically important – and usually part of a good strategy, nothing could be farther from the truth. ...
by Robert Bradford | Sep 18, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Over the years, I’ve seen more than 20,000 opportunities considered. Most have been rejected for good reasons, but many have been pursued and successfully captured. Recently, I spent some time pondering which kinds of opportunities have led to the greatest...
by Robert Bradford | Aug 7, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Strategic planning has been done many different ways. Some work, and others don’t. I’ve heard people talk about planning processes that are deeply detailed and months long, and I’ve heard of planning processes that are done in a couple of hours with post-it...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 19, 2015 | Strategic Planning
In two prior articles we discussed the key differences between strategic planning for somewhat larger companies and the smaller companies we are concentrating on here and listed the first four tips we have developed for making Simplified Strategic Planning easier for...
