by Robert Bradford | Jun 12, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Robert W. Bradford, President & CEO In the prior article we discussed the key differences between strategic planning for somewhat larger companies and the smaller companies we are concentrating on here. In this article, we list three of the eight tips we have...
by Robert Bradford | May 29, 2015 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President and CEO of Center for Simplified Strategic Planning We get questions about how to adapt our Simplified Strategic Planning model to smaller companies. The model was initially developed for companies with 50-500 employees, but has been...
by Robert Bradford | May 15, 2015 | Competitive Strategy
Ask strategic questions Once a client was chatting with me and mentioned something about my strategic planning: I ask weird questions. Not so weird, in my mind – but my favorite questions are always strategic. Furthermore, they always lead to excellent discussions...
by Robert Bradford | Apr 24, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Continuing the discussion we started in the prior posts, the third main reason why you may be disappointed in your Balanced Scorecard program is fundamental to the limitations of the scorecard itself. III. Your Balanced Scorecard isn’t driving action This...
by Robert Bradford | Apr 3, 2015 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President & CEO Last week, I was talking with someone about their insurance agent. She was absolutely thrilled at how the agent handled a recent car accident, saying “She made everything so much simpler!” It got me thinking about...