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. ...
