Strategic planning is important to an organization to define values, create a cohesive visions, chart a direction and set goals for future growth. The process begins with statement of company vision ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I enable organizations to simplify so they can focus on valuable work. You know the annual drill: you and your teams gather data, ...

Most business people are familiar with the terms "strategic planning" and "strategic management". But strategic management accounting - not so much. If you want your business to flourish, you will ...

In today’s fast-paced digital economy, strategic risk management is a fundamental aspect of any successful business, but despite this, the concept remains widely misunderstood. Strategic risks are ...

Note: This article is the second in a series about how firms can successfully reassess and reimagine their business models. Read the first article here. Failure to plan is planning for failure. That ...

Turn your strategic plan into a specific operational plan with these steps and examples. An annual plan is an operational plan that indicates specific goals and objectives for a particular program or ...

Why do so many strategic plans by government agencies and jurisdictions fail, ending up on the shelf as expensive paperweights? One reason is that, too often, they’re developed by a narrow ...

The University Library's 2025-30 Strategic Plan complements the University's vision to educate leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion and cultivate knowledge and faith to build a more ...

Today a great many American colleges and universities -- ranging from those that, at least for now, seem reasonably secure to those that are hanging on by just a slight financial thread -- are faced ...

Remember the good old precoronavirus days of strategic planning in higher education? The president or provost would assemble an ungainly slate of committees for mission, finance, student success, ...

After the successful execution of a strategic plan from 2014-2019, embodied by the single aspirational vision to, "Renew and deepen Lycoming College's identity as a national liberal arts college with ...

I recently prepared to help a company develop its strategic plan, and I thought of the common pitfalls. A boss of mine once recommended that I chair the corporation’s strategic planning committee, ...