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, ...

Strategic planning is the process of identifying where you want your company to be in the future and then charting steps to get there. However, you can't get where you want to go unless you have the ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Jo Ann Herold As a ...

If a single insight could sum up the case for strategic planning in higher education, it would be the Stoic philosopher Seneca’s observation that, if you don’t know which port you’re sailing to, “no ...

Strategic management planning tools, or simply s_trategic management tools_, include such instruments as a SWOT analysis and a PESTEL analysis. Businesses use strategic management planning tools to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Covering careers and strategic leadership for executives and managers. The room of executives and senior managers didn’t want to ...

CEOs of mid-sized companies, especially those ranging from $10 million to $100 million+ in revenue, face immense pressure to maintain relevance and achieve sustainable growth. Navigating shifting ...

Nonprofit leaders, midlevel managers, and frontline staff sometimes view strategic planning as one more task heaped onto near-impossible workloads. After all, developing a strategic plan — by ...

The New School launched its strategic planning process in spring 2022 to bring our campus community—students, staff, and faculty—together in conversation about our university: where we are, where we ...