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Strategic planning is often a dreaded task for small businesses, but it doesn't have to be. By following some very specific and easy-to-implement steps, organizations of any size can develop strategic ...

Did you know that the typical five-year strategic planning forecasts perform about as well as dart-throwing chimpanzees? Cognitive science and behavioral economics scholars have conducted research on ...

Let's be honest. Most strategic business plans fail. There is a plethora of writing on the subject of why. My list of reasons is quite long, but I'll save that for another time. Let's focus on just ...

Cognitive science and behavioral economics scholars have conducted research on people who are the most skilled forecasters among us. Did you know that the typical five-year strategic planning forecast ...

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 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 ...

With the end of the year right around the corner, many organizations are finalizing strategic plans — setting the foundation to achieve their business objectives and overcome challenges in the next ...

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 ...