For many organizations, the last quarter of the year is prime time for a strategic review. That magical (if somewhat arbitrary) time at the end of the year as we review our successes & failures and begin to plot & plan for the coming year is littered with leadership offsites, SWOT analyses and more PowerPoint decks than you would care to look at.
Yet no matter how robust the strategic planning process, there are three glaring gaps I often see emerge that can cause even the best-laid plans to falter at the first hurdle.
