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?

Coming up with a good plan can address the most important issues science organizations face. “Our executives have started their annual strategic planning sessions. This involves sitting in a room with ...

“It’s not going away, and we have to face that reality.” That’s what the CEO and founder of a high-tech manufacturing startup with 180 employees told the leadership team in early July to convince them ...

I recently helped a large industrial manufacturing company with its strategic planning process. With so much uncertainty surrounding autonomous vehicles, 5G, robotics, global trade, and the oil ...

The business landscape over the last few years has been changing at an ever-increasing speed. To effectively navigate the challenges and opportunities that present themselves, leaders need to adopt a ...

Every business book stresses the need for companies to do strategic planning. Every motivational speaker emphasizes the need to set goals to be successful in business and life. Yet few contactors have ...

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 ...

Strategic planning has forever been a core responsibility of the CEO. During the rising tide economy of the 2010s, it was a relatively straightforward process. But when COVID-19 hit in 2019, every ...

At many firms, partners tend to lose steam before long-term strategic plans are realized. Addressing issues one at a time fits better with lawyers' action-oriented personalities, said one longtime ...