Strategic business objectives are an integral part of any strategic plan. Without clear, quantifiable objectives, it's unlikely your organization's plan can succeed. In a strategic plan, objectives ...

Most strategic plans look about 3 to 5 years into the future. Planning farther ahead than five years can be problematic. But the pressure on CEOs and boards of directors to achieve near-term results – ...

Ever since the 1960s, when Edwin Locke, an American psychologist, introduced the theory that goal setting can motivate employees and lead to better workplace performance, organizations have made ...

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 ...

Clear goals, objectives and targets will help ensure that measurable progress in your strategic plan. Goals, objectives and targets should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound ...

Ryan Austin is Founder and CEO of Cognota. You can attend free virtual workshops to learn how to run L&D like a business. The strategic alignment of learning and development (L&D) initiatives with ...

I speak with a lot of Chief Information Security Officers on an informal basis, and what I’ve been hearing squares with my own experience as a CISO. The elevation of the top information security role ...

(DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.) To advance the goals outlined in the NDS, particularly, to shore up the foundations for integrated deterrence and campaigning, the Defense ...

The current methods and processes used across the U.S. government to analyze national security fall far short of the requirements necessary to meet the needs of the nation. Strategic analysis has ...

Any CEO will tell you that they want a better brand, more social media followers, and increased sales. Beyond that, they tend to depend on their marketing department to figure out the concrete steps ...