by Lea Strickland | Oct 2, 2025 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Opportunity, Results
Strategies to Analyze, Plan, and Thrive into 2026 As the final quarter of 2025 begins, businesses face a critical inflection point: the opportunity to solidify year-end results while laying the groundwork for long-term success in 2026. The closing months of any year...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 17, 2025 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Plans, Strategy
How to Build Flexible Strategies in Uncertain Times In an unpredictable economy, traditional business plans often fall short of expectations. They rely on single (often optimistic) assumptions that what has worked in the past will continue to work. Furthermore, they...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 16, 2025 | Business Articles, Capability, Operations, Small Business, Start-up
The first year of business is exhilarating and overwhelming at the same time. You’re excited about the potential and eager to prove your idea’s worth. You may also be simultaneously anxious to be your boss and scared of leading the organization; your money...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 12, 2016 | Focus on Business Radio Show
Listen Now Lea Strickland’s article on How to Write a Business Plan in 30 Minutes or Less was published June 29, 2016 on FastCompany.com. In this podcast, Lea walks you through the steps for writing a business plan and why every business needs a plan, even if it...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Plans, Capability, Non-Profit, Perspectives, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Sometimes it takes a different perspective in order to see things that are already mapped out in front of you. It can be a new employee coming into the company. It can be the loss of a major customer that you thought of as one that would “always” be there no matter...
