A good way to construct an effective marketing plan is to use the SMART outline. SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely. If you develop your company's goals and ...

I was speaking recently with a friend who was relatively new to his job and was confused: He had two major project responsibilities with deadlines approaching, didn't have adequate time to complete ...

13 October 2006 Some assume that only management needs to worry about SMART objectives because it is responsible for setting goals, but in reality, everyone sets goals, regardless of his rank in the ...

Clear goals, objectives and targets will help ensure that measurable progress in your strategic plan. Goals, objectives and targets should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound ...

How are you doing on your New Year's resolutions? If you are not as far along as you had hoped, you are not alone. That's because most people set resolutions that are broad or unrealistic. In Troutman ...

A surefire way to measure whether your online marketing objectives were achieved is to focus on the number of tweets, Likes, and +1s you get, and a sky-high Klout score, right? Not exactly. Just ...

For example, a good collaboration solution can speed the time to create critical deliverables. For a consulting organization, a SMART objective for a SharePoint proposal library solution might be to ...

When you set a clear objective, you or your direct reports are able to focus attention and energy on a concrete aspiration—anything from a small task to a career ambition. In fact, it's not really ...

Cost-effective learning in business requires that people know what to learn and why they are learning. But that is not enough. We should also evaluate the learning to make sure that the time and money ...