Insight.

The beginning of the final quarter is an important moment for CEOs to step back, review progress, and reset organizational priorities.

By September, the organization has accumulated enough information from the first three quarters to determine what is working, what requires attention, and what must change.

A strategic reset is not about abandoning the annual plan. It is about ensuring that limited time, resources, and leadership attention are concentrated on the outcomes that matter most before year-end.

Key Strategies:

1. Review performance against annual strategic objectives.

2. Identify critical gaps and unfinished priorities.

3. Reallocate resources where necessary.

4. Clarify the organization’s Q4 priorities.

5. Establish measurable year-end outcomes.

CEO Leadership Actions.

✅ Conduct a focused Q4 strategy review.

✅ Align the executive team around the top priorities.

✅ Communicate clearly what must be achieved before year-end.

Actionable Tip.

* Ask your executive team to identify the three outcomes that would make the greatest difference to the organization by December 31.

Why This Matters?

A focused Q4 strategy prevents organizational energy from being spread too thinly and increases the probability of achieving meaningful year-end results.

About the Author.

Ernest De-Graft Egyir, CEO advisor, Thought Leader and Founding CEO of Chief Executives Network Ghana, convenes the Ghana CEO Summit and served on Ghana’s Economic Dialogue Planning Committee.