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 ...

Identifying your business's strengths and weaknesses can be a daunting task without a strategic tool for guidance. A SWOT chart as a tool plots strengths and weaknesses. Goal Grids may give you a ...

Every business book stresses the need for companies to do strategic planning. Every motivational speaker emphasizes the need to set goals to be successful in business and life. Yet few contactors have ...

It has been said that if you are not planning to succeed, you’re planning to fail. A lack of planning will lead to the demise of an organization, especially the fire service. Strategic planning is one ...

Strategic planning is difficult and its track record is notoriously bad. According to estimates, only 10-30 percent of all strategic plans get implemented as intended. One key reason is that people ...

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 ...

Another significant reference is the COSO ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) framework, developed by the Committee of ...

Every advancement of knowledge builds on the foundations of yesterday’s discoveries. In 2010, the UMass Lowell community set audacious goals. Together we leapt, with the determination that we would ...

If “raise more money” is on your roadmap, here’s how to translate it from a placeholder into a funded strategy.

Drexel is executing a strategic plan to effectively – and intentionally – address shifts in higher education and broader challenges facing society Six strategic imperatives are central to Drexel 2030 ...