As a business owner, you need a well-thought out business plan to help you run your business. Without such a plan, you run the risk of running around in ways that have little to do with generating ...

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 ...

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 ...

Strategic plans both ground us and free us to move forward. Developing a plan creates a common understanding of where we’re going so that we can tell others and invite them to join in. Plans provide a ...

A problem that often emerges in business, much as in personal life, is the inability for goals to shape reality. Plans drawn up in the rational, if fictional, world of good intentions, rarely match ...

No doubt you’ve heard the word “strategy” being thrown around like a frisbee at a cookout. It’s easy to say “we need a strategy” but not so easy to create one. Strategy is a big word, with big meaning ...

Most people have been engaged in some sort of strategic planning in their organization, whether it is brainstorming a new initiative or formally outlining an organizational plan, but critics, ...

A business plan can help you obtain financing by highlighting the characteristics lenders use to assess borrowers. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

It’s just about now that the best of the business leaders I work with start making preparations for the upcoming strategic planning season. (Assuming a calendar year-end, proactive leaders try to get ...

Starting in 1996, the Interfraternity Council began writing a strategic plan to summarize its organizational goals. The plan, entitled “The Pillars of Excellence,” is rewritten every five years. On ...