After two years of change and disruption, it finally feels like companies can confidently make plans of their own. But before you plan a leadership retreat, ask for forecasts or start writing annual ...

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 ...

Just because the future is unpredictable does not mean a nonprofit organization shouldn’t plan ahead, write the authors of this book. Michael Allison and Jude Kaye, both consultants with CompassPoint ...

When preparing for 2025 and all the unknowns the future inevitably holds, a thorough strategic plan is critical to driving meaningful outcomes for any business. Effective strategic plans reflect on ...

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 ...

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 ...

As federal employees, the strategic planning process offers us a unique opportunity to shape the future of our agencies and the services we provide to the public. With the requirements under the ...

Jackie Jaakola is the Director of EveryCat Health Foundation, the world’s leading nonprofit focused solely on feline health research. Business leaders engage in some type of strategic planning daily.

The vision, strategic priorities and theory of change are established at the beginning of the PLAN for Results phase, based on a well-developed situation analysis and planning scenario. This helps ...