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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 ...

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 ...

Presented by Euna Solutions® and Funkhouser & Associates, The Way Forward: Essential Steps for Strategic Planning outlines actionable steps, developed through extensive consultations with government ...

Strategic planning is a critical business practice for positioning an organization for success, aligning leaders to a common plan, and guiding management decisions. Most companies conduct some form of ...

There’s wide agreement that school districts can use long-term, strategic budgeting and planning to ensure that everybody in ...

Planning is a core activity of every organization and core to how we operate. But as all military leaders know, “no plan survives first contact.” This year, in particular, has made that truth doubly ...

Strategic planning is one of those tried and true business tactics that fails almost three out of every four times it’s attempted—but that doesn’t mean corporate leaders shouldn’t keep trying, said ...

A business needs to have both a strategic plan and a budget. The strategic plan lays out the direction and goals of the business and guidelines for actions to achieve those goals, while the budget ...