Stop building rigid strategic plans that are obsolete before you finish them, and start using this agile strategy.

Joseph, Director at Wise Business Plans, has overseen 15K written business plans, raising over $1Bn in funding in more than 400 industries. Owning, building and growing a business is a game of ...

Strategic planning and organizational design are two distinct concepts, but both have to do with putting foundations in place on which to build successful businesses. Both are formal plans.

Developing a strategic plan takes discipline, foresight, and a lot of honesty. Regardless how well you prepare, you’re bound to encounter challenges along the way. Here are 10 reasons why plans ...

The most basic mix-up is between “objective,” “strategy,” and “action.” The essence of strategic planning is in positioning — in other words, describing how your firm will out ...

When business owners think about 401(k) plans, they often view them as an employee perk—one of those benefits you consider ...

Strategic plans are often devised by “a small number of individuals, mostly senior administration or members of the board, who then deliver a plan to the campus, where the campus had no stake in ...

Many studies have concluded that the vast majority of strategic planning fails, up to 67 percent actually. In part, it’s because the traditional way of thinking about strategic planning is ...

Strategic staffing plans are important in attracting the right type of personnel to fit your company's needs. During your analysis, it is critical to evaluate required staffing positions and, more ...

My university has presented two systemwide strategic plans and one arts-and-sciences strategic plan in the past 15 years. No one can remember much about any of those plans, but another one is in ...

Auburn University at Montgomery, where I teach, recently completed a common organizational ritual: It drafted a strategic plan. The process took months and entailed work by a variety of committees ...