One of the biggest logjams in strategic planning occurs when the process begins without any agreement on how decisions will be made.

For integrators, a business plan with four to six strategic bets across the functional areas strike an appropriate balance.

In my experience, this step requires creating a strategic plan that is driven by your mission—preferably detailing at least five years of activities and goals.

SEO isn’t just about tactics – it’s about setting the right goals, crafting a strategic vision, and executing a clear plan.

Too many organizations are failing because they fail to plan. Your mission, vision, values, and objectives need to be clearly articulated and lived.

Scenario planning helps with workplace strategy and business continuity, writes Kate Bravery, partner and the global practices leader for Mercer's Career business.

Strategy is what we say we will do, but it also is about the cumulative effect of what we have done. For intentional strategy formation, involving key stakeholders is important, if not essential.

In the second in the series, we look at how to formulate a disaster recovery strategy and develop detailed DR plans for your organisation, while taking cloud services into account.