Strategic planning is often a dreaded task for small businesses, but it doesn't have to be. By following some very specific and easy-to-implement steps, organizations of any size can develop strategic ...

I remember when I first started my leadership development business 30 years ago, strategic planning was considered a top-down effort. I worked with leaders to help them create strategic plans that ...

Strategic planning is a commonly misunderstood concept in the business world. Entrepreneurs and business owners may think they have a strategic plan in place simply because they have goals and a ...

At an early September faculty meeting, President Fred Lawrence outlined steps toward developing a strategic plan to guide the university’s direction and provide a decision-making framework for the ...

Entrepreneurs tend to focus the bulk of their energy on developing and tracking a business plan. This is essential to success for any startup. But when you focus on long term goals for the business, ...

FARMINGTON -- A strategic planning consultant told city leaders and staff in April to "dream big" when thinking about how the city would grow in the next 10 years. Two planning sessions later, the ...