Understanding your destination helps determine the path of any business strategy. Often the toughest part of strategic planning is getting started. Staring at a blank sheet of paper or an outdated strategic plan can be a daunting situation for both small and large businesses alike. Does our current strategic plan have us on track? ​ What should we introduce as a new part of the strategy? What part of the strategy should we change? These are great questions that need answers f

Product completion is just the beginning and not the end! Finishing the development of a new or revised product is a huge accomplishment for any organization. In most cases, shareholders, market analysts, key customers, and sales teams are waiting expectantly for the promised delivery. But, product completion is just the beginning and not the end. Ensuring expected ROI with a well-constructed market success plan is equally as important as the product itself. Actual market sha

Leveraged conflict can be a good thing for your business strategy. As someone who’s held both business strategy and project management roles, I appreciate the unequivocal purpose and value of each. Likewise, I see the importance of keeping the Ying -Yang relationship purposely in place. The opposing, and hopefully balanced, relationship of strategy and tactics has been present in human culture for centuries. It's the same in business in many ways. Strategy brings the vision

Any business owner or leader needs to be practiced in the art of the deal. We all are negotiators to some extent. Some are better than others and children are the masters. Every business will require some sort of negotiation at some point. Being prepared for such situations could be the difference between business success and disaster. Negotiation skills are important to any business strategy and daily business management. When contracts and agreements are well defined and ea