The conventional view of a manager is someone who controls and directs his employees. Management theorists still cite controlling as one of the four management functions. Despite this label, ...

Planning is an essential business function that requires a dedicated effort from the company's management team in order to fully realize the benefits. Companies often have an annual planning process ...

"Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term which achieves advantage for the organization through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment, to ...

Change in the organization may flow from the strategic planning process or from the vision of the leadership. It may be incremental as annual goals are achieved. It differs from reengineering in that ...

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I remember when I first started my leadership development business 30 years ago, strategic planning was considered a top-down effort. I worked with leaders to help them create strategic plans that ...

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 ...

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