When trying to get a handle on creating a HR strategy, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s where an HR SWOT analysis, which stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, ...

A version of this article appeared in the Summer 2021 issue of strategy+business. Kristian Ebbesen Fjelde and his team knew that the executive committee meeting scheduled in mid-2019 to discuss the ...

In the financial services sector, aligning business processes with overarching strategic goals is not just beneficial; it's imperative for sustained growth and competitive advantage. The 2024 State of ...

UAB’s Strategic Planning Council was launched in January 2022, and charged by President Ray Watts to refresh UAB’s 2018-2023 strategic plan, Forging the Future, to guide the institution’s continued ...

If you think back to the strategic planning you’ve led or been a part of for your team or business, did it entail a top-down process taking many months to sort out all the challenges and steps ...

One of our responsibilities as a school district is to teach students the importance of setting goals and taking steps to accomplish them. Most of us have heard the adage “actions speak louder than ...

A strategic inflection point refers to a major change to a business’s competitive environment, which could result in positive or negative outcomes. What is a strategic inflection point in business?

The Department of Environmental Studies engaged in an approximately 18-month process in order to agree on the strategic planning document here. Pre-planning for ENVS strategic planning, including work ...

High-performing leaders understand the importance of implementing smart business strategies to drive sustainable growth. The right business strategy aligns a company’s objectives with the needs of its ...

T alk to most college leaders long enough, and they will eventually invoke their institutions’ strategic plans, sometimes as blueprints for specific improvements, other times as almost talismanic ...