Strategy and Planning


Recent Strategy and Planning Articles

Board Stiff

By Sarah Gerdes |  Nov 1, 2001

A board of directors just isn't what it used to be.  Read more

Doctor, Doctor. Give Me the News

By Thea Singer |  Nov 1, 2001

An advance in doctor-patient communication.  Read more

Crisis Management Guide

By Jennifer A. Redmond |  Oct 31, 2001

Is your business prepared for the worst? Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we set out to provide entrepreneurs with information to he...  Read more

Search

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 2001

"The greatest business book ever," and more.  Read more

Disaster Recovery Planning 101

By Emily Barker |  Oct 1, 2001

Ann Machado has spent a lot of time preparing for disasters. As CEO of Creative Staffing, a temporary employee agency based in hurricane-prone Miami, she ...  Read more

Four Tips for Working with Board Search Firms

By Ralph Ward |  Sep 24, 2001

As boards increasingly become less an informal network of cronies and more a hardworking corporate resource, the search for new board members becomes incr...  Read more

All The Right Moves

By Anne Stuart |  Sep 1, 2001

Getting taxpayers to foot the bill for your new IT system.  Read more

Know Your Place

By David Bayless |  Aug 1, 2001

When it comes to entrepreneurial vitality, is geography destiny? Are some places really better than others for starting and growing a business? And if you li...  Read more

The Year Everything Went Wrong

By Lisa Martin |  Jul 11, 2001

What can a small company do when faced with crisis? Where should it turn? What are its priorities? How can similar situations be prevented in the future? ...  Read more

QA: Is Our CEO Headed Over the Edge?

By Ralph Ward |  Jul 9, 2001

Q: "At our company, those of us on the board have always had a fairly open communications with staff, but some of the things I've bee...  Read more

Management By Going Away

By George Gendron |  Jul 1, 2001

The value leaders add to their companies is often very different then what they imagine it is.  Read more

Steal This Strategy

By Ilan Mochari |  Jul 1, 2001

A good idea is a good idea -- even if it comes from someone else.  Read more

Making Customer-Relationship Management Work

By Shari Thurow |  Jul 1, 2001

Go to a neighborhood restaurant every single Saturday night and spend big and you? ll get the deluxe treatment. You? ll be greeted by name, led to a good ...  Read more

Agenda Lifesavers, Big and Little

By Ralph Ward |  Jun 29, 2001

So you have a boardroom with important, high-net-worth people, who can only devote a limited amount of time to contributing to the success of your company...  Read more

Taking a Page from Science Fiction

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jun 15, 2001

Sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow on thinking out of the box.  Read more

Reluctant Board Candidates: Friendly Persuasion

By Ralph Ward |  Jun 11, 2001

Every year, boardroom burdens increase, more board candidates find themselves "boarded up," and the average director tenure grows a bit shorter. As a resu...  Read more

Taking a Page from Science Fiction

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jun 1, 2001

Sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow on thinking out of the box.  Read more

What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be?

May 16, 2001

Human Resources mentor Robert Hoffman responds to the following questions: What do you think the most important trend affectin...  Read more

What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be?

May 16, 2001

Law & Taxation mentor Barbara Weltman responds to the following questions: What do you think the most important trend affectin...  Read more

What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be?

May 16, 2001

Running a One Person Business and Starting a Business mentors Paul & Sarah Edwards respond to the following questions: What do...  Read more

Middle-Aged Spread

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

How old is the average small company -- and how much time does it have left?  Read more

START-UP NATION: Who's Looking At Start-Ups?

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

The birthing of companies is the process by which an economy reinvents and re-creates itself.  Read more

TOMORROW'S ENTREPRENEUR: And Now, The Forecast

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

Entrepreneurs are usually first off the blocks in spotting the opportunities opened up by some sort of change.  Read more

Opportunity Knocks

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

With technology markets tanking, what's the next big thing?  Read more

Board Evaluation: Liability Dangers?

By Ralph Ward |  May 8, 2001

Having a strong evaluation process for your board is so valuable and helpful in improving board quality that I almost hesitate to mention a potential down...  Read more

Weeding Out Weak Board Members

By Ralph Ward |  May 8, 2001

Q: "I've recently taken over as CEO at our company, with a mandate for some restructuring and new initiatives. The board, however, co...  Read more

How Should Business Partners Evaluate One Another's Performance?

By Ilan Mochari |  May 1, 2001

What you should do when it's time to motivate your partners but not offend them with constructive critiscism.  Read more

Winnebago Take All

By Leigh Buchanan |  May 1, 2001

Keith Stevens, CEO of Team 2000 Staffing Services, tells his managers to go out and find workers instead of waiting for them to come in.  Read more

Hot Tip: Board Meetings

By Mike Hofman |  Apr 1, 2001

Get the maximum value from your board of directors.  Read more

Four Annual Meeting " Musts" For Your Board

By Ralph Ward |  Apr 1, 2001

It's annual meeting season and, once again, most companies will make poor use of their boards of directors. At a time when shareholders are feeling edgy, ...  Read more

A Boardroom " Bill Of Rights"

By Ralph Ward |  Apr 1, 2001

You probably hear plenty about your duties and responsibilities as a corporate director. But what about your rights as a board member? Even good governanc...  Read more

How Directors Can Help In A CEO Search

By Ralph Ward |  Apr 1, 2001

CEO turnover is increasing, and more companies are looking outside the firm to find new candidates who can turn things around. While these "external" sear...  Read more

4 How-To Ideas For Global Directors

By Ralph Ward |  Mar 27, 2001

Though it's by no means a megatrend, the number of corporate boards adding international directors is steadily growing (even at smaller, hometown companie...  Read more

Buh-Bye, Bell?

By Jill Hecht Maxwell |  Mar 1, 2001

Beema, Inc., a multimedia production house, found that it could save money by using Internet telephony rather than the traditional telecoms. But will it work...  Read more

Four Board Evaluation Problems - And Solutions

By Ralph Ward |  Feb 2, 2001

Corporate boards are figuring out that regular, pointed evaluation of themselves is vital to improving the job they do. But just because your board has ma...  Read more