Strategic planning CAN be a powerful tool for dealing with change and moving into the future, but it's often misused ending up as wasted effort. Learn how to improve your strategic planning process and about different models and definitions.
By Ric Lobosco
- With a clear mission, values, vision and passion, one's efforts take on a whole new level of effectiveness. The person pursuing their mission becomes fulfilled through their passion, creativity, love, motivation, and service. Others enthusiastically want to support and take part in it
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By Robert Bacal
- A question and some answers about why strategic plans ended up covered in dust in the back of the drawer.
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By Cal State U.
- The history of strategic planning begins in the military. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, strategy is "the science of planning and directing large-scale military operations, of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position prior to actual engagement with the enemy" (Guralnic, 1986). Although our understanding of strategy as applied in management has been transformed, one element remains key: aim to achieve competitive advantage.
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By Barry Wolfson
- Leadership has sometimes been described as taking people to a place that they would not normally go to on their own. Barry Wolfson explores the leadership attributes that managers within an organization must have to successfully implement their company's strategic vision.
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By No Author Indicated
- When you begin the process of strategic planning, visioning comes first. When visioning the change, ask yourself, "What is our preferred future?"
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