by Dana Baldwin | Jun 28, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation
These are difficult times for many companies. For some this may be an understatement, for others not so much of one. Stepping back and looking at your business from the outside, are there things you should consider concentrating on and/or doing better to keep those...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Reading an article about Darwin this weekend, I couldn’t help but think that evolution and business strategy have a lot of interesting parrallels. One that struck me relates to a couple of fascinating stories – the first about the horrible rise of the...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
by: Robert Bradford, CEO, CSSP, Inc. One of the real upsides of a recession is the cleansing effect it has…I notice a high correlation between poor strategy and disastrous performance in recessions. That isn’t to say that good strategy makes you...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
by: Robert Bradford, CEO, CSSP, Inc. Thinking about the current recession, I couldn’t help but think back to recessions I’ve gone through in the past – and how clients succeeded (or didn’t) during those difficult times. Several important concepts come to mind,...
by Dana Baldwin | Jun 28, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by: M Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. With the slowing of business, lower sales, fewer orders, lower profits, the question arises: What can we cut or postpone so we can make it through these tough times? Too often, the opposite question is not asked:...
by Denise Harrison | Jun 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
By Denise Harrison, Vice President, Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, Inc Banks failing, real estate loans made to people who do not and did not have the means to repay them, institutions using derivatives without fully understanding the risk – what happened?...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 27, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by: Robert Bradford, CEO, CSSP, Inc. Stealing from customers. Some would tell you it’s the secret to profit in today’s economy. If you are only worried about the next quarter, it is. You can always make more money in the short term by delivering a little...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 27, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, CEO of the Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, Inc. Once you have identified your reasons for making an acquisition and the specific enhancements you are seeking to your strategic competencies, your first stage of acquisition screening...
by Tina | Jun 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Even for the most raw and rapidly conceived start-up company, the entrepreneur and initial management team have some strategy in place – some reason to believe that they should begin conducting business. For more established businesses, strategy has been in place from...
by Tina | Jun 27, 2026 | Strategic Planning
As CEO you should strive to maintain a balance in your meeting participation. On the one hand, it is important for you to be willing to “sit on your hands” and let the opinions and positions of other team members flow freely and uninhibited.Diverse...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 27, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, CEO of the Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, Inc. Many of our clients have found themselves considering acquisitions in this time of uncertainty. In this coming series of articles, we will discuss the process of acquisition screening and...
by Robert Bradford | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
This article is the third in a series about simplifying strategic planning to make the process faster. The key idea is to focus only on the parts of the process that provide real value. While strategy itself is critical, not every part of the process is equally...
