As a business owner, you need a well-thought out business plan to help you run your business. Without such a plan, you run the risk of running around in ways that have little to do with generating ...

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Strategic plans both ground us and free us to move forward. Developing a plan creates a common understanding of where we’re going so that we can tell others and invite them to join in. Plans provide a ...

It’s nearly February, and the pesky little ground hog and the business about his shadow will soon come and go for the season. Even though you are throwing another log on the fire as you read this ...

Small ad agencies must take many factors into consideration when writing their strategic growth plans. Increasing revenue and improving service may be their primary objectives, but agency owners also ...

There is a nice business aphorism about how “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” But if you’re using your strategic planning to improve your culture, then you could have the seeds of an unstoppable ...

A business plan can help you obtain financing by highlighting the characteristics lenders use to assess borrowers. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

A strategic plan is the road map that defines where an organization is going - its mission - and how it will get there using measurable goals, strategies, objectives, and a 12-month work plan. So ...

Starting in 1996, the Interfraternity Council began writing a strategic plan to summarize its organizational goals. The plan, entitled “The Pillars of Excellence,” is rewritten every five years. On ...