The following is a blog post reprinted with permission from AchieveIt.Okay, so this is going to be one of those “you’ve got to be kidding me” moments, what many of us call a BFO: Blinding Flash of the ...

Your strategy document is a $500,000 wish list that nobody knows how to execute. You’ve sat through those strategy presentations. The ones with the slick slides, the ambitious objectives, the ...

Clear goals, objectives and targets will help ensure that measurable progress in your strategic plan. Goals, objectives and targets should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound ...

It has been said that if you are not planning to succeed, you’re planning to fail. A lack of planning will lead to the demise of an organization, especially the fire service. Strategic planning is one ...

Strategy is one of the most commonly misunderstood words in business. It is often given grandiose definitions, but simply put, strategy is future competitive advantage. In other words, it's a plan to ...

As marketing has become increasingly digital, it has also become more measurable, which allows organizations to better quantify the impact of this function — something that proved elusive in an analog ...

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Any CEO will tell you that they want a better brand, more social media followers, and increased sales. Beyond that, they tend to depend on their marketing department to figure out the concrete steps ...

Then, Monday happens. Someone asks, “So what does this actually mean for how I do my job?” And the room goes quiet. The problem is strategy documents are essentially wish lists without behavioral ...