George Morrisey is renowned for his books and lectures on strategic planning. The Executive Guide to Strategic Planning and The Executive Guide to Operational Planning have been widely accepted in business and government as the definitive approach to making planning a dynamic, living process that produces results. Morrissey is Chairman of The Morrisey Group, a management consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations get the involvement and commitment of their key people in an effective planning process that leads to totally focused long- and short-term results. A distinguished professional speaker, Morrisey has received the two highest designations of the National Speakers Assoc., and in 1994 was recipient of the Cavett Award, the "Emmy" of professional speaking.