You've been building your small business and have arrived at the moment when you're ready to expand; all you need is the cash to do it with. Attracting investors hinges on having a well-thought out ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Just because the future is unpredictable does not mean a nonprofit organization shouldn’t plan ahead, write the authors of this book. Michael Allison and Jude Kaye, both consultants with CompassPoint ...

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 ...

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 ...

Strategic plans have been subject to a host of critique. They are ridiculed for their dust-gathering character. They are assumed inappropriate for strategy in a complex and uncertain world. And, along ...

Next year, Pensacola will embark on creating a strategic plan for the city government. The Pensacola City Council is set to approve the hiring of urban planning firm GEHL Studio Inc. out of Copenhagen ...

At least 40 volunteers are needed by the Flemington-Raritan school district to serve on several committees to help form a new Strategic Plan. Community members, parents and staff members are invited.