One of the great paradoxes of higher-education leadership is that most of us who find ourselves in administrative positions have not studied the kind of work we end up doing on a day-to-day basis. We ...

Many organizations say all the right things about strategic planning: "We just had a two-day strategic planning retreat" or "We need to do our strategic plan." Yet, talking the talk about strategic ...

Making decisions that foster real change often involves thinking on many different levels all at once to get the maximum benefit. Good leaders have developed strategic thinking skills and continue to ...

Everything I wanted to know about strategic planning I learned not in the workplace but through volunteering with the American Chemical Society. I have been fortunate to witness the evolution of the ...

Instead of asking once a year, “What is our strategy?”, executive teams are asking, “What are we learning right now that ...

Strategic planning is the process of identifying where you want your company to be in the future and then charting steps to get there. However, you can't get where you want to go unless you have the ...

Consumer behaviour is constantly evolving post-pandemic and, currently, marketers just do not know what is going to stick. The only way to figure it out is to plan strategically, leveraging consumer ...

While nonprofit and for-profit corporations operate in similar ways, there are often subtle operational differences. One significant place they differ is strategic planning. Although both use the same ...

In business, it’s not enough to go with the flow, day to day. Some planning needs to take place to ensure your actions meet — and hopefully exceed — your company’s goals for profits, growth or ...