Renate Matroos

As many leaders prepare to facilitate their 2026 strategy sessions, the challenge isn’t just about planning. It’s about creating the space for real alignment, honest dialogue, and shared accountability. This guide offers practical ways to design your 2026 leadership strategy session that energize your team and turn conversations into meaningful action.

Most people blame meetings for being bad, but if your meetings feel unproductive and like a waste of time, it’s often a sign of something deeper. Meetings are a mirror of how your team collaborates, decides, and prioritizes. I guide over 10 hours of leadership meetings per month, and I’ve been wondering what makes for an excellent meeting for leaders.

Getting buy-in isn’t about pushing harder or pitching louder. It’s about slowing down to ask the right questions, listening carefully, and connecting what you want to do with what your leaders care about most. The conversation is the strategy.