Posts by Richard Faulkner

Once you’ve aligned with executive leaders and your core planning team, the next phase is critical: build a solid, shared understanding of your operating environment — external and internal. That means gathering insights from leadership and staff, customers/constituents, board members, partners, industry stakeholders and/or community representatives. Two things matter most here: Who’s included. Have leadership…

Reasons why strategic plans fail are myriad and can be found throughout the planning and management process. One causative factor can be identified by looking in the mirror. By that I mean the human condition as revealed by the efforts of people involved and their level of engagement in the process. As strategy professionals we…