Diana Khramina is the Chief of Staff at Gorgias, a series C startup with 280+ employees, and previously a McKinsey consultant. Are you embarking on a strategic planning journey within your startup?

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 ...

It’s nearly February, and the pesky little ground hog and the business about his shadow will soon come and go for the season. Even though you are throwing another log on the fire as you read this ...

Throughout my years advising leadership teams on strategic planning, I’ve witnessed a consistent pattern: companies often judge the quality of their strategy by the sophistication of the final ...

This article outlines a practical, low-cost framework for entrepreneurs to build and execute strategy fast — focusing on clarity, focus and action. Traditional, complex strategic planning doesn’t suit ...

The HBR Executive Playbook on deciding when a project is no longer worth the resource investment. by Ania W. Masinter ...

Jonathan Telzrow likens credit risk management to chess, stressing strategic planning based on the customer lifecycle. Key to growth is using actionable data and being willing to "lose fast" through ...

While critical to a hospital’s success, strong strategic plans can be difficult to develop. Some common mistakes hospitals make when developing a strategic plan include failing to examine the mission ...

Creating a strategic savings plan for your HVAC business is more than a smart move; it's essential for sustainable, long-term success. Often, HVAC contractors focus solely on securing the next ...