Strategic Planning Archives | Vistage Research Center https://www.vistage.com/research-center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 A survival guide for first-time CEOs https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/a-survival-guide-for-first-time-ceos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-survival-guide-for-first-time-ceos https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/a-survival-guide-for-first-time-ceos/#respond Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:33:17 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/a-survival-guide-for-first-time-ceos/ Becoming a first-time CEO is an exciting new challenge. But it can also be daunting. As the highest-ranking executive at your business, you’ll have the ultimate responsibility to make decisions, influence strategy and lead others.  But don’t try to accomplish everything...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/a-survival-guide-for-first-time-ceos/feed/ 0 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Strategy https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20220603-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220603-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-strategy https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20220603-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-strategy/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:52:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=40829 Regardless of whether your organization has a strategy for diversity, equity and inclusion in place or not, this session helps you create or elevate a plan that can aid in creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture. Understand key...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20220603-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-strategy/feed/ 0 This business owner launched a German subsidiary to side-step Brexit red tape https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/this-business-owner-launched-a-german-subsidiary-to-side-step-brexit-red-tape/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-business-owner-launched-a-german-subsidiary-to-side-step-brexit-red-tape https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/this-business-owner-launched-a-german-subsidiary-to-side-step-brexit-red-tape/#respond Wed, 05 May 2021 14:29:54 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/this-business-owner-launched-a-german-subsidiary-to-side-step-brexit-red-tape/ Karndean Designflooring are suppliers of luxury vinyl flooring and have been exporting their products from the UK under their sister brand Designflooring to a number of European markets for decades. But three years ago the company could see the writing...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/this-business-owner-launched-a-german-subsidiary-to-side-step-brexit-red-tape/feed/ 0 How joining forces with others boosts your decision making power https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/how-joining-forces-with-others-boosts-your-decision-making-power/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-joining-forces-with-others-boosts-your-decision-making-power https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/how-joining-forces-with-others-boosts-your-decision-making-power/#respond Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:14:44 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/how-joining-forces-with-others-boosts-your-decision-making-power/ We all make bad decisions. It’s human nature. When choices are available, it’s easy to make the wrong decision. And we can all carry those wrong decisions with us, making us reluctant to make them in the future.  Making decisions,...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/how-joining-forces-with-others-boosts-your-decision-making-power/feed/ 0 Rebuilding your business post-Covid https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/rebuilding-your-business-post-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rebuilding-your-business-post-covid https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/rebuilding-your-business-post-covid/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:40:13 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/rebuilding-your-business-post-covid/ As mentioned in our Decision Factors Report, Vistage Research developed the “Corona Curve” in April 2020 in an attempt to understand what businesses were — and are — experiencing as a result of Covid-19.  After the trigger event in March...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/rebuilding-your-business-post-covid/feed/ 0 Judith O’Leary: 5 tips for developing a digital marketing strategy https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/judith-oleary-5-tips-for-developing-a-digital-marketing-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judith-oleary-5-tips-for-developing-a-digital-marketing-strategy https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/judith-oleary-5-tips-for-developing-a-digital-marketing-strategy/#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:51:39 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/judith-oleary-5-tips-for-developing-a-digital-marketing-strategy/ By Judith O’Leary, founder and managing director of PR and digital comms agency, Represent Comms. After an incredibly challenging year for businesses across the board, regardless of sector or size, planning your marketing budget for the year may be the...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/judith-oleary-5-tips-for-developing-a-digital-marketing-strategy/feed/ 0 Don’t waste your time on economic forecasts: Ben Kumar interview https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/dont-waste-your-time-on-economic-forecasts-ben-kumar-interview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-waste-your-time-on-economic-forecasts-ben-kumar-interview https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/dont-waste-your-time-on-economic-forecasts-ben-kumar-interview/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:00:07 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/dont-waste-your-time-on-economic-forecasts-ben-kumar-interview/ Since the coronavirus crisis started, the papers and internet have been awash with gloomy predictions of “the worst recession in 300 years”.  But how seriously should business owners take these forecasts? Should they be bracing themselves for hard times, or...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/dont-waste-your-time-on-economic-forecasts-ben-kumar-interview/feed/ 0 10 steps to Building Business Strategies & Strategy Development https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20181105-10-steps-building-best-business-strategies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20181105-10-steps-building-best-business-strategies https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20181105-10-steps-building-best-business-strategies/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:14:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=23348 I have had the honor of helping over 60 Vistage members craft their best business strategies. A couple of years ago, I worked with the management team of a member who was contemplating the company’s growth plan. Based on instincts...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20181105-10-steps-building-best-business-strategies/feed/ 2 Creating a successful strategic reset https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20200527-creating-a-strategic-reset-canfield/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20200527-creating-a-strategic-reset-canfield https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20200527-creating-a-strategic-reset-canfield/#respond Wed, 27 May 2020 20:18:29 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=35164 Webinar on-demand: Creating a successful strategic reset   CEOs and business owners have an opportunity for a strategic reset. This will require taking stock of the current situation and projections for the second half of the year. It will require...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20200527-creating-a-strategic-reset-canfield/feed/ 0 How to draw up a business contingency plan https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/how-to-draw-up-a-business-contingency-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-draw-up-a-business-contingency-plan https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/how-to-draw-up-a-business-contingency-plan/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:44:55 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/how-to-draw-up-a-business-contingency-plan/   In all aspects of life, predicting what is around the corner is near impossible. However, in business it is vital that we try. We have no crystal balls to predict exactly what the future holds, but it is highly...

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