Centering the annual plan and subsequent communication on activity-based measures (like hours trained, courses completed or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Performance management software can facilitate the strategic planning cycle and make the process a whole lot easier. Do you experience challenges during your annual strategic planning cycle? Is your ...

Every sales prospect goes through a "customer journey," moving from a prospect with little or no awareness of a company and its products to a loyal, repeat customer. At each stage of the journey, ...

Human resource planning is the process whereby organizations determine the staffing support they will need to meet business needs and customer demands. There are a variety of considerations that ...

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 ...