Customer relationships: What does this concept have to do with strategy?

by Denise Harrison | Sep 25, 2026 | 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...

Hire Well to Sustain a Positive Work Environment

by Dana Baldwin | Sep 25, 2026 | 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...

Is it a good objective, or are you seeking “world peace”?

by Robert Bradford | Sep 18, 2026 | 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...

Are your Objectives Really Worth Pursuing? Or are they just “Lead Bricks?”

by Robert Bradford | Sep 18, 2026 | 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...

Know When to Hold ’em and When to Fold ’em – Knowing when to get out of a core business is key to being successful in the future.

by Denise Harrison | Sep 11, 2026 | 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...

Are you frustrated by the lack of results in your strategic planning efforts?

by Denise Harrison | Sep 11, 2026 | 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...