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The Q2 review most executives skip
Q2 closed last week. Most executives already moved on. Most executives I work with treat the end of a quarter the way they treat the end of a Tuesday. Push through. Evaluate later. "Later" is what leaders say when they do not want to look. The ninety-day review is the highest-leverage hour an executive has. It is also the one most of them skip. Three questions worth sitting with before Q3 gets loud. What did you say yes to last quarter that, knowing what you know now, you would have said no to? What did you tolerate that you would not have tolerated three years ago, when you had less to protect? What does the version of you running Q3 need to know that the version who ran Q1 did not? If you can sit with all three without deflecting, that is the strategy session. The one most executives never schedule. The hour you spend looking back honestly sets the direction for everything that follows. Which of the three is hardest for you to answer right now?
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