by Robert Bradford | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Thinking
Profit, many would say, is profit. But in reality, profit comes from several different sources, and the type of profit you are getting in your business can be very important in thinking about your strategy. Profit that comes from a temporary or threatened situation,...
by Dana Baldwin | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation
by M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant In the 80s, families, teens, many of us used to go to Blockbuster Video to select movies for our entertainment. The business model was simple: go to the store, wander the aisles, select one or more videos to bring home, watch the...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by Robert W. Bradford, President/CEO For years, we’ve told people that too many market segments leads to bloated and ineffective planning. This is true – at some point, you simply end up with more details than your team can wrestle with in your strategic...
by Denise Harrison | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation
By Denise Harrison, Vice President Is your team honest with itself when discussing progress of your action plans? Or is your team convincing itself that things are really on-track when they aren’t even close? Recently I have come across a number of cases where teams...
by Dana Baldwin | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Uncategorized
by M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Great Companies develop Strategic Plans which incorporate agility in execution. What is generally meant by being agile? Most companies intend to carry out their goal of being agile by becoming more responsive, more sensitive to...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President/CEO At the Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, we have always valued simplicity. Lately, however, we have noticed the growing popularity of extremely brief strategic plans -many of them touting themselves as “one page...
by Denise Harrison | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Vice President Strategic Planning ExpertStrategic planning and risk assessment – yes, you must look at what would happen if…If you fail to assess and mitigate risk during strategic planning you could end up with a BP-like disaster. While the exact...
by Dana Baldwin | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant In strategic planning, there are five basic strategies one may pursue: Expand, Maintain, Contract, Milk or Withdraw. The most aggressive strategy is Expand. What does an Expand strategy encompass? First, let’s define the Expand...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation, Uncategorized
By Robert W. Bradford, President/CEO In strategy, you will inevitably find resistance to your plans. This resistance is sometimes forceful, and other times something you can overcome with resources and effort. An interesting question is how to deal with resistance. ...
by Denise Harrison | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation
By Denise Harrison, Vice President Execution of strategy: we know it is important, but why doesn’t it happen? Based on my experience working with over 100 companies on strategy development there are four key areas that lead to execution success. Focus on the few:...
by Dana Baldwin | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant In my prior article (“Time to Start Planning for Growth – Step One: Analysis”), we discussed the lessons we should be learning from the major slowdown in business experienced during the recession, and how to...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President/CEO I’ve heard this comment from people who are very successful. People who are running companies that – for the moment – are doing quite well. And yet, this comment puzzles me, mightily. It puzzles me because...
