by Robert Bradford | Apr 18, 2014 | Strategic Planning
This is my fifth post on bad strategic objectives. In my first post, I discussed a test to tell whether an objective you set for your organization is truly strategic. By now, I’ve also highlighted four common types of non-strategic objectives, the incremental...
by Denise Harrison | Apr 11, 2014 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & COO As a company looks for additional growth, its strategic planning team needs to remember that not all growth is good growth. When searching for growth, a team can be lured by the siren song of a big customer or a...
by Denise Harrison | Apr 4, 2014 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President and COO Frustrated by losing a bid, one CEO called up his peer at the procuring company and asked, “What could we have done better?” The two firms had a long history of working together, and the CEO wanted to know what had...
by Dana Baldwin | Mar 21, 2014 | Strategic Planning
by M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant How many times have you decided you needed to add to your staff, decided on the technical qualifications the job required and started looking for the person to fill those requirements? How many times have you hired someone who...
by Robert Bradford | Mar 18, 2014 | Strategic Planning
This is my fourth post on bad strategic objectives. In my first post, I discussed a test to tell whether an objective you set for your organization is truly strategic. By now, I’ve also highlighted three common types of non-strategic objectives, the incremental...
by Robert Bradford | Mar 7, 2014 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President and CEO In my first post on strategic objectives, I discussed a simple test to tell whether an objective you set for your organization is truly strategic. I’ve also highlighted two common types of non-strategic objectives, the...
by Denise Harrison | Feb 21, 2014 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President and COO Sony, the leading consumer electronics company in the 20th century, is not having success in the 21st century – many of its core businesses are hemorrhaging cash. Recently the company has taken steps to right the...
by Denise Harrison | Feb 13, 2014 | Strategic Planning, Uncategorized
We are interested in your thoughts: Why doesn’t your strategic planning process work? – please take our confidential survey by clicking on: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9RHF6PS Many CEOs would like to make their strategic planning process more effective...
by Dana Baldwin | Feb 7, 2014 | Strategic Planning
M Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant When your organization does strategic planning, what strategies do you consider for each of your market segments? It is likely that you may select different bases for competing in different segments, because your competitive...
by Tina | Jan 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Margaret Lawrence Etsy is often described as the “world’s largest flea market”. Since its beginnings in 2005, the company has created a vibrant on-line community of buyers and sellers of “handmade” and vintage items as well as craft supplies, it’s the online...
by Dana Baldwin | Jan 24, 2014 | Strategic Planning
By M. Dana Baldwin The basics of Strategic Planning can be misunderstood by those who need to determine what they are and how they apply to the overall development of your strategic plans. On one hand, some teams will overlook the importance of carefully defining the...
by Denise Harrison | Jan 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President and COO Discussions concerning waste disposal and environmental impact are showing up more frequently during strategic plan development. With disposal costs and environmental regulations increasing, companies are finding...
