A well-documented strategic plan can provide a roadmap to your nonprofit’s success. The process itself allows your board, staff and key stakeholders to outline your organization’s most important ...

The phrase “strategic planning” can spark fear and frustration in executive directors and boards of directors – but both the process and product can be empowering for organizations that take the time ...

Jackie Jaakola is the Director of EveryCat Health Foundation, the world’s leading nonprofit focused solely on feline health research. Business leaders engage in some type of strategic planning daily.

The phrase “strategic planning” can spark fear and frustration with executive directors and boards of directors – but the process and product can be empowering for organizations that take the time to ...

As Time editor and film critic Richard Nelson Corliss once wrote, “Nothing ages so quickly as yesterday’s vision of the future.” Ever since the first U.S. deaths from Covid-19 a year ago, the world ...

Just because the future is unpredictable does not mean a nonprofit organization shouldn’t plan ahead, write the authors of this book. Michael Allison and Jude Kaye, both consultants with CompassPoint ...

In the nonprofit sector, many organizations operate without a strategy or written annual plan. Even some small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) have avoided the task of developing written plans, focusing ...

As the old saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail. Good leaders know that forethought and preparation are necessary to succeed in this sense. Yet, it's not unusual for founders, executives ...

The sudden onset of a crisis can pose an existential threat to your non-profit organization, especially since your reputation is your most ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Strategic planning is an organization’s process of defining its strategy or direction and making decisions on allocating its resources to ...