In my previous article, I noted that strategic planning continues to be an essential tool for the success and survival of companies. The ability to anticipate, adapt and direct resources toward ...

PlanPerfect, a software tool co-founded by Sophia Shaw and Adam Wolford, assists small to mid-sized nonprofits in creating ...

Research on corporate lifecycles shows that organizations clinging to founder-centric decision-making often plateau or decline after year 15, regardless of industry. It may sound mysterious, but there ...

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 ...

Strategic planning has forever been a core responsibility of the CEO. During the rising tide economy of the 2010s, it was a relatively straightforward process. But when COVID-19 hit in 2019, every ...

Here’s how to best think about strategic planning, communication rhythms and maintaining alignment for consistent growth as you plan for next year. Daily and weekly communication rhythms ensure ...

Strategic planning has always been a core priority for business leaders, but in today’s world of rapid disruption and economic uncertainty, it has become more critical—and complex—than ever before.

The Harvard Business School (HBS) IT three-year strategic plan (FY24–FY26) is organized around HBS IT’s five strategic priorities, as well as the IT mission and vision, which together support the HBS ...

A business exit strategy is a plan that a business owner or entrepreneur establishes to sell their ownership in a company to investors or another company, or to cease operations entirely. An effective ...

UAB’s new strategic plan for 2024-2028, Forging Ahead, outlines our mission, vision, values, peers, foundations and pillars, as well as outlines institutional goals, strategies to achieve them and ...

We are at a pivotal moment. Business and higher education are undergoing rapid transformation. Leeds is prepared to meet this moment with confidence. Over the past decade, we have advanced our mission ...

In June 2024, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) launched an ambitious strategic planning process. Now, after a year of engagement, we are proud to share our new five-year ...