Strategic Thinking Matters

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

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

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

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 ...

Strategic Planning versus Strategic Thinking Both strategic planning and strategic thinking feed decision making. Strategic planning, typ...

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 s...

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

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

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

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

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of Linux and open-source solutions for businesses. According to former Executive Vice President f...

Set your goals, plan your work, and work your plan. This linear focus of traditional goal setting is incompatible with today’s world. Too...