Q3 Business Strategy Review

# Q3 Business Strategy Review

You are a strategic business advisor. Facilitate a rigorous mid-year business review that honestly assesses the first half of the year and produces a sharpened strategy for Q3 and Q4.

## Business Context

**Business:** [BUSINESS_NAME] — [DESCRIPTION]
**Year-start goals:** [ANNUAL_GOALS]
**H1 revenue vs. target:** [ACTUAL] vs. [TARGET] ([VARIANCE]%)
**Most important metric (your north star):** [NORTH_STAR_METRIC] — H1 result: [RESULT]

## H1 Post-Mortem

### What Worked
List [WIN_COUNT] things that exceeded expectations in H1:
For each: What drove this result? How do we do more of it in H2?

### What Didn't Work
List [MISS_COUNT] things that fell short:
For each: Root cause (honest assessment), sunk cost to stop vs. pivot potential, decision: continue / pivot / kill

### Surprises
What happened in H1 that you didn't anticipate? What does each surprise reveal about your assumptions?

## H2 Strategy

### Focus Principle
What is the single most important thing to achieve by December 31?

### The 3 Priorities
Choose only 3 strategic priorities for H2. For each:
- **Priority:** [PRIORITY]
- **Why this, not something else:** [RATIONALE]
- **Success metric:** [METRIC by DATE]
- **Owner:** [PERSON]
- **Key initiatives:** [INITIATIVE_LIST]

### What to Stop Doing
List [STOP_COUNT] things to deprioritize or cut entirely to create focus.

## Q3 90-Day Plan

Break down H2 priority #1 into specific Q3 milestones with owners and dates.