Performing strategically can be daunting. Your operational and functional work will always take priority unless you carve out specific time for the strategic stuff. Strategic effort is particularly frustrating when you're in the weeds and tensions are running high. The irony, of course, is that is when you need strategy the most.

This episode is also available as a blog post: 

http://raisonliving.com/2017/03/27/testing-the-waters-of-strategic-planning/