Business planning Archives | Vistage Research Center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:23:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 141323424 Busyness is laziness [video podcast] /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20161025-busyness-laziness-video-podcast-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20161025-busyness-laziness-video-podcast-2 /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20161025-busyness-laziness-video-podcast-2/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:00:19 +0000 https://2017.vistage.com/research-center/?p=20463 In this edition of the Vistage Podcast series, CEO, executive coach and speaker Jason Hartanov dispels the time management myth that ‘busy is better.’ Busy CEOs frequently fall victim to the myth that working harder is better. But paying attention...

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]]> /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20161025-busyness-laziness-video-podcast-2/feed/ 0 20463 Why your strategic plan might fail to drive growth /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160822-why-your-strategic-plan-might-fail-to-drive-growth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160822-why-your-strategic-plan-might-fail-to-drive-growth /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160822-why-your-strategic-plan-might-fail-to-drive-growth/#respond Mon, 22 Aug 2016 23:57:14 +0000 https://vistage.staging.wpengine.com/blog/?p=19400 Almost every growth-minded company has a strategic plan. Unfortunately, the vast majority of strategic plans I see are lists of projects that don’t comprise a strategy. Worse, they place heavy demand on resources while potentially creating new operational systems or...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160822-why-your-strategic-plan-might-fail-to-drive-growth/feed/ 0 19400 3 keys to a strategic plan that gets results /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160815-three-steps-to-an-effective-strategic-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160815-three-steps-to-an-effective-strategic-plan /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160815-three-steps-to-an-effective-strategic-plan/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:29:14 +0000 https://vistage.staging.wpengine.com/blog/?p=19389 If you have ever felt frustrated when it comes to creating or implementing a strategic plan, you’re not alone. It’s easy to make the process complicated, costly, stressful and overwhelming. It’s important, however, to get strategic planning right. There are...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160815-three-steps-to-an-effective-strategic-plan/feed/ 1 19389 A survey of 1,300 CEOs reveals the No.1 challenge for small businesses /research-center/business-financials/20160711-18981/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160711-18981 /research-center/business-financials/20160711-18981/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:00:39 +0000 https://blog.vistage.com/?p=18981 View the full results and learn more about the Vistage CEO Confidence Index.

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/20160711-18981/feed/ 1 19003 Small businesses report declining confidence, slow growth /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20160606-small-businesses-report-declining-confidence-slow-growth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160606-small-businesses-report-declining-confidence-slow-growth /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20160606-small-businesses-report-declining-confidence-slow-growth/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:20:33 +0000 https://blog.vistage.com/?p=18875 CEOs of small businesses are losing confidence in the U.S. economy and prospects of their own firms, according to the latest results from the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey. The May 2016 survey of 654 Vistage members measured the Small...

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