Effective strategic planning is vital to success in today’s fiercely competitive and dynamic environment. Benjamin Franklin said it best, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” This is especially true for Higher Education institutions that face a plethora of...
I was recently watching the classic Christmas comedy, Home Alone. You might recall that in the movie, the extended McCallister family travels to Europe for the Christmas holidays only to realize later that they have left their eight-year-old son Kevin at home. The...
Current adverse world events and the consequent upheaval to businesses have refocused attention not only on planning for highly disruptive events but also on the broader and more fundamental issue of risk management. Many are now asking the question, “Does the...
Let’s say you are managing a large organization and your HR director comes to you with bad news. The total number of employees leaving the company has skyrocketed. They show you the chart to the right to indicate that the raw number of employees leaving last year was...
If your organization is serious about strategy, a basic foundational level of understanding of the phrases associated with and utilized by your organization concerning strategic elements must be established. Because no universal agreement exists in the world of...
Backdrop… When the first case of Coronavirus in the United States was diagnosed in the state of Washington on January 20, 2020, no one truly understood the implications and impact this virus would have on businesses, governments, and organizations around the globe....
