Effective implementation of strategic plans is essential for any organization's success, but it's harder than it looks. A 2018 management research study concluded that only 20 to 30 percent of ...

While many companies focus on developing plans, the most important element in planning is implementation. Making the plan happen is critical as it is the actual execution that leads to results.

Building on Strength represents the culmination of a yearlong planning process commenced in fall 2015 and completed in fall 2016. The process was overseen by several planning groups and supported by ...

Some research highlights that 48 percent of leaders spend less than one day per month discussing strategy. Therefore, it's hardly surprising that nearly half of all organizations– fall short of ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A veteran higher education administrator is returning to Mississippi State in a new position within the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President. Cedric Gathings begins his ...

The charge of the Implementation/Action Planning Group (IPG) was to develop the practical roadmap to take the draft Connecticut College strategic plan from concept to action. The three strategic ...

Nonprofit leaders, midlevel managers, and frontline staff sometimes view strategic planning as one more task heaped onto near-impossible workloads. After all, developing a strategic plan — by ...

Discover what strategic management is, how it streamlines resources, evaluates strategies, and empowers organizations to meet their business goals efficiently.

The COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have in recent years presented many business leaders with difficult choices and short timelines on which to make important decisions with plenty ...

Pratt’s 2019 strategic plan served as a guide and foundation for the Institute’s work and initiatives for five years. Over the course of the 2024-25 academic year, Pratt Institute is engaging in a ...

Just a few months after releasing an updated and comprehensive National Cybersecurity Strategy, the White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan delegating ...

While the U.S. Coast Guard’s mission in the Arctic has endured for more than 150 years, the strategic landscape has changed. Global geopolitical trends combined with dramatic effects of climate change ...