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 Dana Baldwin | Sep 11, 2015 | Strategic Planning
A Fundamental Element of Strategic Planning By Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Listing of a company’s strengths and weaknesses are a normal part of any attempt at strategic planning for virtually all companies. Why do we perform these analyses, and what do we...
by Dana Baldwin | Aug 28, 2015 | Strategic Planning
A Fundamental Element of Strategic Planning By Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Listing of a company’s strengths and weaknesses are a normal part of any attempt at strategic planning for virtually all companies. Why do we perform these analyses, and what do we...
by Dana Baldwin | Aug 21, 2015 | Strategic Planning
By M Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant One ongoing threat that might harm a company more than it helps is loss of focus. Many very good companies make a lot of money by keeping their focus on a very limited number of products or services and on the way they go to...
by Dana Baldwin | Aug 14, 2015 | Strategic Planning
A Fundamental Element of Strategic Planning By Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Listing of a company’s strengths and weaknesses are a normal part of any attempt at strategic planning for virtually all companies. Why do we perform these analyses, and what do we...
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 Dana Baldwin | Jul 31, 2015 | Strategic Planning
A Fundamental Element of Strategic Planning By Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Listing of a company’s strengths and weaknesses is a normal part of any attempt at strategic planning for virtually all companies. Why do we perform these analyses, and what do we...
by Dana Baldwin | Jul 24, 2015 | Strategic Planning
A Fundamental Element of Strategic Planning By Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Listing of a company’s strengths and weaknesses are a normal part of any attempt at strategic planning for virtually all companies. Why do we perform these analyses, and what do we...
by Tom Ambler | Jul 17, 2015 | Strategic Planning
By Tom Ambler, Senior Consultant Note: This article was previously published in Course and Direction in January 2006 View Commodity Industries in a Global Way Commodity industries that are highly capital intensive, have cyclic markets and high transportation costs are...
by Denise Harrison | Jul 10, 2015 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Senior Consultant What would you do if you were faced with potential bankruptcy, with a product line that is over half a century old? Product line extension? Expansion into new lines of business? Sell the company? LEGO was facing this dilemma in...
by Tom Ambler | Jun 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thomas E. Ambler, Senior Consultant, Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, Inc. Note: This article was previously published in Compass Points in February 2006 In a previous article I dealt with the strategic impact of the “Golden Rule” approach to...
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...
