When developing a detailed annual plan, the biggest pitfall to avoid is not having a defined process. There are a lot of ...

As businesses adapt to seismic technology shifts, leaders must find the balance between short-term responses and longer ...

The business planning process is designed to answer two questions: Where are we now? Where do we want to go? The result of this process is a business plan that serves as a guide for management to run ...

It’s about that time of year when many global teams turn their attention towards annual strategic planning. From insight planning and environmental analysis to affiliate input, cross-functional ...

Rapid scenario planning and operational flexibility have become central to how airlines run their networks, as geopolitical ...

Last week, the Government Accountability Office presented testimony during an employee engagement hearing before the House Subcommittee on Government Operations. GAO suggested that the short cycle ...

Strategic planning has forever been a core responsibility of the CEO. During the rising tide economy of the 2010s, it was a relatively straightforward process. But when COVID-19 hit in 2019, every ...

The idea of planning often gets more attention than any of the other critical steps to accomplishing a goal. But let’s be honest: If writing SMART goals were the only way to reach the finish line, ...

The planning process, beginning with Army design methodology and continuing with the military decisionmaking process, helps the planner prepare to create the operation order (OPORD). Once the staff ...

Business planning in the modern sense has a fairly long history. Henry Mintzberg, in The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, pointed out that business planning with modern characteristics (10-year ...