Posts by LBL Strategies Team
Leaders Should Focus on Long-Term Goals to Successfully Deploy Agency Strategy
By J. Woody Stanley At the time this article was published, cabinet-level departments and agencies in the US federal government were preparing to release a four-year strategic plan outlining their direction and goals during President Biden’s administration. The strategic plan, which is required by 5 U.S.C. 306, reflects deliberations and decisions taken by agency officials…
Read MoreThe “Great Resignation” Reveals Leadership’s “Achilles’ Heel” in Effective Change
By Richard Thayer, William Zybach, and Sally Parker, Syngineering Solutions Several of our friends and relatives have left their jobs over the past few months – many of them with no new position to move into. They just walked away. This seems to be happening everywhere – but why? To help answer this, McKinsey & Company conducted surveys…
Read MoreThe value of foresight and scenario-based planning for federal agencies
The Problem The planning for the future is trumped by the crises of today. Many government agencies lack a foresight office, much less a foresight capability. While intelligence activities may be strong, the ability to plan farther into the future for uncertainty beyond the 5 year budget planning horizon is not common. On March 28,…
Read MoreLBL Strategies & The George Washington University’s Center of Excellence in Public Leadership Introduce New Certification Program: Mastering Agile Organizational Design Certification
LBL Strategies announces a new program for continuing professional development in strategic management, with focus on organizational design. This program will be available in two offerings: 1) Public sector focus, and 2) All-sector focus.
Read MoreStrategic Trends and the Role of Strategists
By Jim Stockmal, Association for Strategic Planning Past President Strategic planners and strategists have for many years focused on environmental factors that may impact their organization either positively or negatively. Whether using a classical PESTEL model – that is the political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal factors – or strategic foresight, we have often…
Read MorePreparing for Association for Strategic Planning Certification
Achieving Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) industry level certification signals you are a well-rounded and accomplished strategy professional. That said, passing an industry level professional certification exam can be stressful, expensive and time consuming; especially balancing work demands or looking for career opportunities. As you begin to prepare for your certification exam follow these tips…
Read MoreWe’re Hiring! Intern or Part-Time Position Available
We have some exciting news! LBL Strategies is looking for the right MBA student to join our team as either an intern or in a part-time position.
Read MoreThe Best Ways for Strategy Professionals to Earn PDUs for PMP Certification
For professionals in charge of strategic planning and management, having a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can certainly be a boon to your resume and your career. But now that you’ve earned it, you have to keep it! What are some of the best ways to make sure you’re continuously earning the PDUs, or Professional…
Read MoreCompanies Are Strategic When They Understand the Process
“The best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew” (Robert Burns, “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough”, 1785) If poet Robert Burns were a CEO in today’s operating environment, we expect he’d use that line…often. In fact, is there a better way to manage expectations for…
Read MoreLBL Strategies Endorsed as Registered Education Provider by Project Management Institute
Chicago, IL: The Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s largest project management member association, named LBL Strategies as a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.). The R.E.P. title corroborates that LBL Strategies met PMI’s rigorous standards for quality criteria for course content, instructor qualifications, and instructional design. The Project Management Institute’s network of registered education providers is…
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