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Strategic Leadership: The 10 Characteristics of a Good Leader

Ten traits. One that actually predicts whether your strategy gets executed. What 20,582 plans reveal.

Ted Jackson
Ted Jackson
Co-Founder & Alabama Native
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Strategy Evaluation: A 6-Step Process (and Why 9 of 10 Goals Never Get Evaluated)

July 6, 2026
Only about 1 in 10 goals ever gets a status. Here's a practical 6-step strategy evaluation process, and the data on why most evaluations quietly die.
Ted Jackson
Ted Jackson

How to Create a Gantt Chart That Actually Gets Finished

July 6, 2026
Most Gantt charts never finish. Only 14% of projects do. Here's how to build one that survives, backed by data from 20,582 strategic plans.
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Dylan Miyake
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OKRs Meaning: What 20,582 Strategic Plans Reveal About Objectives and Key Results

July 2, 2026
OKRs are easy to write and easy to abandon. Across 20,582 plans, 77% of objectives have no owner. Here's the data on making OKRs actually run.
Ted Jackson
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Joseph LuccoWhy Department Heads Resist Strategy Execution Software (and How City Managers Win Them Over)

Why Department Heads Resist Strategy Execution Software (and How City Managers Win Them Over)

Department-head resistance is the top reason strategy software stalls in local government. ClearPoint phantom-owner data explains why — and how City Managers fix it.

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How to Justify Strategic Planning Software to a City Council on a $200K Budget

Cost first, tool second: the four-part council case, a local-government benchmark, two named failure post-mortems, and a 90-day pilot that flips tied votes.

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Ted JacksonThe 7 Reasons Mid-Size Cities Abandon Strategic Planning Software (And How to Avoid Them)

The 7 Reasons Mid-Size Cities Abandon Strategic Planning Software (And How to Avoid Them)

Most mid-size cities that buy strategic planning software never reach full adoption. ClearPoint data reveals the 7 real barriers — and the fixes that work.

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Nonprofits Have the Widest Gap Between Strategy and Execution [DATA]

Nonprofits face the widest gap between strategy and execution. See the data behind it and how to close it with better ownership, focus, and reporting.

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Top Strategic Planning Software for Cities in 2026: The Definitive Comparison

Compare the top 7 strategic planning software platforms for local governments in 2026 — AI analytics, automated data collection, and reporting automation, ranked.

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Ted JacksonBest OKR Software for Public Sector Departments in 2026

Best OKR Software for Public Sector Departments in 2026

Compare the 8 best OKR software platforms for public sector in 2026 — ranked on security, FedRAMP/SOC 2, RBAC, reporting, and KPI-to-strategy alignment.

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Ted JacksonUtility Companies Are the Best Strategic Planners. Here's Why.

Utility Companies Are the Best Strategic Planners. Here's Why.

Energy & Utilities organizations complete 25.81% of strategic projects—the highest of any industry. Here’s what they do differently.

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Read This Before Building Your Healthcare Strategic Plan [DATA]

About 89% of healthcare strategic objectives have no active owner and only ~5% of initiatives finish. Four structural fixes and a pre-build checklist.

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Dylan MiyakeStrategic Planning Benchmarks: How Private Companies Actually Perform

Strategic Planning Benchmarks: How Private Companies Actually Perform

Most strategic planning benchmarks come from government. Here is what ClearPoint's smaller private-sector slice actually shows — and the ownership gap behind it.

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Ted JacksonCity KPI Benchmarks: How Your Local Government Compares

City KPI Benchmarks: How Your Local Government Compares

We analyzed 156 local-government strategic plans. The real benchmark is not how many KPIs you track, but how many are owned, fresh, and finished.

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