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...
by Dana Baldwin | Apr 1, 2016 | Strategic Thinking
By M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these tips are...
by Dana Baldwin | Mar 25, 2016 | Strategic Thinking
M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these tips...
by Robert Bradford | Mar 18, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President & CEO In a word, no. There is no perfect strategy, and even the best strategy can become obsolete given time. Strategy is about finding what works, and in a world of imperfect information, that can mean experimentation. This fact...
by Dana Baldwin | Mar 11, 2016 | Strategic Thinking
M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these tips are timeless....
by Denise Harrison | Mar 4, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Senior Consultant How do you anticipate unexpected outcomes from good ideas? Flint, Michigan under financial duress made many decisions to improve its financial condition. One decision was to change its water source from Detroit Water Sewerage...
by Dana Baldwin | Feb 26, 2016 | Strategic Thinking
By M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these tips are...
by Dana Baldwin | Feb 19, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant In strategic planning, we often talk about “SMART” objectives. But when it comes down to actually picking our objectives, are we really being smart, or are we simply reaching for an easy way out? We define an objective as a task...
by Dana Baldwin | Feb 12, 2016 | Strategic Thinking
M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these tips...
by Robert Bradford | Feb 5, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President and CEO In the thousands of strategic planning meetings we’ve conducted, we’ve run into a fair amount of threats. Interestingly, some of those threats – even those deemed extremely unlikely – have come to pass with some clients. One...
by Dana Baldwin | Jan 29, 2016 | Strategic Thinking
By M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these...
by Dana Baldwin | Jan 22, 2016 | Strategic Thinking
By Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these tips...
