As the year begins, law firms transition their pricing focus from the planning stage to execution. In the second half of 2023, firms were busy evaluating their rates and pricing strategies to prepare ...

While many companies focus on developing plans, the most important element in planning is implementation. Making the plan happen is critical as it is the actual execution that leads to results.

Many CPA firms don't have a living, breathing strategic plan that enables them to successfully navigate through their next two or three years. Processing Content That in and of itself is not very ...

It is striking how much confusion there is between strategy, implementation, and execution. Is “strategy” a matter of making choices about where we want to go, where we play and how we win, of setting ...

Additional research in 2025 from The Strategy Brief reinforces the theme: 80 percent of teams are not aligned on what matters most, and 79 percent of organizations admit lacking effective strategy ...

A grand strategy can lead the way to small business success, but companies must be structured in such a way as to encourage good strategy execution to achieve real results. To accomplish this, a ...

We all know the question, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" I'd like to propose an alternative: "If a strategy is developed and no one implements it, ...

In my years of advising business leaders, from entrepreneurs to enterprise executives, I often hear a passion for strategic change planning but seldom see the same commitment to strategic execution. I ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have in recent years presented many business leaders with difficult choices and short timelines on which to make important decisions with plenty ...

If you have spent the majority of your career executing tasks for others, the jump to a strategy-focused role can feel abrupt and challenging. Instead of receiving tasks and seeing them through to ...