Strategy

Strategy offsites are energizing. Leaders step away from the day-to-day, think big, debate the future, and leave the room with a plan that feels right. There’s alignment in the moment, optimism in the air, and a belief that this time will be different . Then Monday happens. Within weeks—sometimes days—the strategy begins to fade. Meetings pile up. Urgent issues resurface. Old habits take over. The offsite binder lands on a shelf, and the organization quietly returns to busine