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 ...

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 ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In a fast-paced business world, it’s easy to fall into the trap of trying to do everything as quickly as possible. However, this can lead ...

Strategic problem solving is a critical business skill, for both management and front-line workers. For management, a large portion of strategic problem solving involves predicting problems that ...

It has been said that if you are not planning to succeed, you’re planning to fail. A lack of planning will lead to the demise of an organization, especially the fire service. Strategic planning is one ...

In 2022, ESF initiated a comprehensive strategic planning initiative to evaluate and update the College’s mission and goals. This document serves as ESF’s roadmap for all operations over the next five ...

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 ...

Note: This article is the second in a series about how firms can successfully reassess and reimagine their business models. Read the first article here. Failure to plan is planning for failure. That ...

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, ...

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 ...

Why do so many strategic plans by government agencies and jurisdictions fail, ending up on the shelf as expensive paperweights? One reason is that, too often, they’re developed by a narrow ...

The University Library's 2025-30 Strategic Plan complements the University's vision to educate leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion and cultivate knowledge and faith to build a more ...