Many Trustees come from the corporate sector and, understandably, tend to bring corporate assumptions and concepts to private-independent school strategic planning. Examples of corporate-to-school strategic applications that are appropriate and useful include accurate revenue forecasting, an understanding of complex stock market indices and expectations, a broader view of salary trends across the for-profit sector, and projected salary gradients for employees. On the other hand, examples of corporate-to-school strategic applications that are less appropriate and/or questionable include reassigning employees who provide core services to achieve enhanced efficiencies and/or simply reduce their number, reducing advertising costs; and postponing planning entirely (e.g., pushing planning dates out indefinitely).