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title: "Ditch the Annual Strategic Plan: Try 90-Day Strategy Sprints™"
description: Annual strategic plans fail fast. Discover why 90-day Strategy Sprints™ keep leadership teams aligned, focused, and executing on what matters most.
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## Ditch the Annual Strategic Plan: Try 90-Day Strategy Sprints™

 Sep 8, 2025

Here’s a lie that gets repeated every January:

> “We’ve got our strategy locked in for the year.”

No, you don’t.

You’ve got a wishlist, a timeline, and maybe a calendar full of check-ins. But strategy? Real strategy? The kind that adapts, aligns, and drives results?

That doesn’t get built once a year.

## The Problem with Annual Plans

You make a plan in Q1.

By Q2, you’re off track.  
By Q3, priorities shift.  
By Q4, you’re trying to salvage what’s left and starting to prep next year’s “strategy” all over again.

Sound familiar?

Annual strategic planning gives you the illusion of control, but in fast-moving businesses, it creates stagnation, frustration, and a whole lot of wasted time.

## What Today's Teams Actually Need

You need clarity, not complexity.  
You need rhythm, not rigidity.  
You need a strategy that moves at the speed of your business.

That’s why we ditched the annual offsite in favor of 90-day OKRs, the sweet spot between vision and action.

It’s simple:

- Every quarter, revisit the plan.
- Realign on 3–5 high-leverage priorities.
- Execute like hell—with accountability baked in.

## Welcome to the Strategy Sprint™

At Get Strategy, Done®, we run a 90-minute workshop called the **Strategy Sprint™**.

It’s where executive teams hit pause, cut the noise, and get real about what matters *right now*.

You’ll walk away with:

- Clear, focused priorities for the next 90 days
- A one-page roadmap your team actually uses
- Ownership and alignment across your leadership team

No fluff. No theory. Just execution.

### Strategy isn’t a once-a-year event.

It’s a weekly rhythm. A quarterly refuel. A daily compass.

So [let the old model die.](https://getstrategydone.com/blog/why-strategic-plan-templates-fail)  
And let’s [build a strategy that actually works](https://getstrategydone.com/blog/build-a-good-strategic-plan).

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Stop planning for the year. Start leading for today.

#### Related Articles

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###### [Why Strategic Plan Templates Fail (and What to Do Instead)](https://getstrategydone.com/blog/why-strategic-plan-templates-fail)

 Sep 8, 2025

<https://getstrategydone.com/blog/why-strategic-plan-templates-fail>

<https://getstrategydone.com/blog/the-5-big-bets>

###### [The 5 Big Bets Every Leadership Team Needs to Make to Drive Strategic Growth](https://getstrategydone.com/blog/the-5-big-bets)

 Aug 21, 2026

<https://getstrategydone.com/blog/the-5-big-bets>

<https://getstrategydone.com/blog/why-hire-strategic-planning-facilitator>

###### [What a Strategic Planning Facilitator Does (And Why It Matters)](https://getstrategydone.com/blog/why-hire-strategic-planning-facilitator)

 Sep 8, 2025

<https://getstrategydone.com/blog/why-hire-strategic-planning-facilitator>

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