As the old saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail. Good leaders know that forethought and preparation are necessary to succeed in this sense. Yet, it's not unusual for founders, executives ...

Are you preparing to start your own business but uncertain about how to get started? A business plan ought to be one of the first steps in your entrepreneurial journey because it will organize the ...

It’s nearly February, and the pesky little ground hog and the business about his shadow will soon come and go for the season. Even though you are throwing another log on the fire as you read this ...

Nonprofit leaders, midlevel managers, and frontline staff sometimes view strategic planning as one more task heaped onto near-impossible workloads. After all, developing a strategic plan — by ...

President of the Bradford Dalton Group, Jeff is a former journalist with 30+ years of experience as a public relations professional. It is important to know what other people besides you think about ...

It contained the agenda for the company’s upcoming “Top 100” retreat, a top secret and super exclusive offsite management meeting that was reserved for 100 of Apple’s most influential employees. The ...

This year is atypical with so much change in the markets, so making a strategic plan for your business might feel like wishing upon a star, but this year especially is when you need to identify what ...

T alk to most college leaders long enough, and they will eventually invoke their institutions’ strategic plans, sometimes as blueprints for specific improvements, other times as almost talismanic ...