by Dana Baldwin | Aug 2, 2019 | Strategic Planning
Its important to follow a few basic strategic planning steps to build team commitment. When your team gets together to initiate/update your strategic plan, what is everyone looking to get out of the process? Naturally, nearly everyone has their own personal interests...
by Robert Bradford | Jul 3, 2019 | Strategic Planning
Every so often, I encounter questions about whether an objective is a good one. Over the past 30 years, I’ve watched many hundreds of objectives set, and most of them completed. I’ve seen some have great positive effects on companies and a few that turned into...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 21, 2019 | Strategic Planning
I ask this question, partly, because all too often I hear people say their companies aren’t ready for strategic planning. Let’s take a look at what you need to be truly ready for strategic planning. 1. An operating business This seems like an easy one, but quite often...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 16, 2019 | Strategic Planning
Help! We don’t have time for strategic planning! I’ve heard variations of this plea dozens of times in the past few years. Clearly, some companies get into situations where the management team needs to focus on specific issues that come up – either by design...
by Denise Harrison | Jun 7, 2019 | Strategic Planning
CEOs often find their strategic plan is not strategic and not well thought out. How can you prevent that from happening? How do you uncover the real issues facing your company? For successful strategic planning, don’t start cold and be sure you have a robust...
by Robert Bradford | May 31, 2019 | Strategic Planning
We have, over the past 35 years, run thousands of strategic planning meetings and reviewed hundreds of strategic plans created by others. In that time, we’ve run into many of the challenges of strategic planning common to all companies and seen a few that you can...
