Strategy Matters

I’ve looked for stats on how many small and mid-sized businesses actually have a real strategic plan but haven’t been able to find any....

A Value Proposition helps a would-be client, customer, member, donor, or volunteer (I’ll call them buyers) answer one very important...

There is a significant and positive relationship between a company’s reason for being – its Purpose – and its performance. Business...

Research shows that purpose-driven organizations grow faster than competitors and enjoy higher levels of customer & employee satisfaction.

Your corporate culture is all about your people – management and staff. And specifically, about how they behave and interact with one...

"What’s in it for me?" might just be the most ubiquitous question in the English language. Or any language for that matter. It’s a...

Invariably, strategic plans involve change. And, as anyone who has ever been involved in implementing strategic initiatives knows, 101...

In previous posts we have dealt with three major barriers to successfully implementing a business strategy suggested by respondents to...

As anyone who has ever been involved with a major organizational change can attest, many things can derail a change project – unrealistic...

Essential to making strategy work Strategic thinking not only requires the ability to anticipate or project one, three, or five years...

Both strategic planning and strategic thinking feed decision making. Strategic planning, typically conducted on an annual basis as an...

It probably goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway. Communication plays an indispensable role in the successful implementation of a...

Various thinkers have shaped my view of strategy over the years. In this post, I share the wisdom and insight of three strategists who...

Not long ago, we reached out to members of our LinkedIn community to get their thoughts on barriers to successfully implementing a...

In recent posts we have looked at a number of barriers to successfully implementing a business strategy, as suggested by respondents to a...

When I’m working with executives who are determining their strategic direction, I advise that we establish the vision of the future...

It’s becoming clear that strategic “planning” is dead. Or at least no longer particularly useful when approached in the way we’ve done it...

We have the power to decide and act only right now, at this point, at this time, standing here. We cannot act in the future. We can only...

One of the first steps in strategy development is to establish the time horizon. It could be three to five years, twenty years, or even...

Developing strategy is an important and ongoing process that all successful organizations undertake. But how do you go about developing...