I went to a conference earlier this year and rode the airport shuttle with one of the conference instructors. When he learned that I was also attending the conference, we began talking about all sorts of things but performance management (PM) and more specifically performance appraisals (PA) came up. He had very strong feelings about [...]
August 2009
Part of the business planning process is writing organizational goals. A goal is a common term that we’re all familiar with but the ability to achieve business goals in a measurable way is quite a different story. Goals should be tied to business strategy and the strategic plan which is written to help an organization achieve its vision. The [...]
A Vision Statement is simply a written document that describes where an organization is going and what it will look like when it gets there. It is the description of what the company hopes to achieve and what it is striving for. This is what gives an organization its direction and focus. Organizations that don’t [...]
Strategic plans help identify what an organization strives to become and the steps needed to get there. I will walk you through each step and give you some examples to each step. Step 1: Write a Vision Statement A Vision Statement is a statement (typically 2-3 sentences simply stated) that gives the reader (and more [...]
