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 ...

Your mission statement is a clear description of why your business exists -- what it produces, whom it serves, how it serves them and what it stands for. By itself, however, the statement is just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I enable organizations to simplify so they can focus on valuable work. You know the annual drill: you and your teams gather data, ...

In today’s fast-paced digital economy, strategic risk management is a fundamental aspect of any successful business, but despite this, the concept remains widely misunderstood. Strategic risks are ...

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 ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Strategic planning is an organization’s process of defining its strategy or direction and making decisions on allocating its resources to ...

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.

UAB’s new strategic plan for 2024-2028, Forging Ahead, outlines our mission, vision, values, peers, foundations and pillars, as well as outlines institutional goals, strategies to achieve them and ...

As the old saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail. Good leaders know that forethought and preparation are necessary to succeed in this sense. Yet, it's not unusual for founders, executives ...

Here’s how to best think about strategic planning, communication rhythms and maintaining alignment for consistent growth as you plan for next year. Daily and weekly communication rhythms ensure ...

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 ...