As of summer 2011, construction spending remains low despite stimulus packages designed to create an upsurge in depressed housing markets. According to a January 2011 report by the U.S. Geological ...

Strategy can be nothing but a buzzword, but successful businesses make it mean something. Actually, it means several things: corporate, business and functional strategies are different levels of ...

Strategic planning is a critical business practice for positioning an organization for success, aligning leaders to a common plan, and guiding management decisions. Most companies conduct some form of ...

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 ...

The following is reprinted with permission from AchieveIt.One of the six reasons why hospital strategic plans fail is lack of focus. Hospital executives typically pile on objective after objective, ...

A version of this article appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of strategy+business. In today’s globally interconnected, fast-paced business environment, nearly every important initiative — whether it’s ...

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are recognized by most industry practitioners as the motivator of an efficient, data driven organization. Rightly so, however KPIs are often developed arbitrarily and ...