Sir Winston Churchill said, “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” While this quote is a little tongue in cheek, the unfortunate reality is that companies and ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Jo Ann Herold As a ...

Business owners who generate profits due to their hard work and astute decisions often discover that running a successful enterprise can also have a downside. All things being equal, as profits ...

Healthcare reform legislation has increased demands concerning quality, cost and efficiency of hospitals and health systems. One way to manage these expectations is to create a strategic plan that ...

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 ...

The importance of strategic planning is a lesson that’s reiterated in business schools and boardrooms globally. The message is clear: Have no strategic plan in place, and you’re putting your business ...

Note: This article is the second in a series about how firms can successfully reassess and reimagine their business models. Read the first article here. Failure to plan is planning for failure. That ...

There’s no “I” in team. Here are some ways to surround yourself with motivated employees who drive your company to success. One of the beauties of being an entrepreneur, as opposed to a solo ...