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Metronomics Strategy Session Template

Metronomics 300 min Quarterly Leadership team (5-10 people)

The Metronomics strategy session sharpens the thinking that drives every priority. Based on the Metronomics system by Shannon Susko, it gives the leadership team focused time to clarify the core customer, map the competitive landscape, and choose the differentiated position and key moves that make the 3HAG winnable.

When to use it

Run a dedicated strategy session as part of annual planning and revisit it quarterly when the market is moving fast. Use it whenever the team can no longer clearly explain why a customer should choose them, or when competitors have shifted the ground under the current plan.

Who attends

The leadership team, five to ten people who can shape and commit to strategy. Bring people close to customers and the competitive reality, not just the planners. A strategy set without frontline input tends to look clean on a slide and fail in the market.

How to run it

Anchor on the 3HAG and current strategy, then sharpen the core customer and the core of the business. Map the competitive landscape against the attributes customers actually value to find the position only you can own. Define the few differentiators and key moves that win it, then pressure-test the whole strategy against likely competitor responses and your real capability to deliver. Close by locking decisions, assigning owners, and cascading them into priorities and the scoreboard so strategy becomes execution.

Facilitator tips

  • Define the core customer precisely before debating tactics.
  • Map competitors on attributes customers actually value.
  • Pick a differentiated position you can genuinely own.
  • Cascade strategy into priorities so it does not stay theoretical.

Common mistakes

  • Debating tactics before agreeing who the core customer is.
  • Choosing a position every competitor already claims.
  • Setting strategy that never connects to quarterly priorities.
  • Skipping the pressure-test, so weaknesses surface in the market.

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Agenda

300 minutes total · 6 sections

  1. Strategy and 3HAG context 30 min
    Reconnect the session to the 3HAG and the current strategy so the conversation stays anchored to the destination.
  2. Core customer and core 45 min
    Sharpen the definition of the core customer and the core of the business everything else builds around.
  3. Competitive landscape map 60 min
    Map competitors and the attributes customers value, finding the differentiated position only you can own.
  4. Differentiators and key moves 60 min
    Define the few differentiators and strategic moves that win the chosen position over the next few years.
  5. Pressure-test the strategy 60 min
    Stress-test the strategy against competitor responses, market shifts, and your own capability to deliver it.
  6. Decisions and cascade 45 min
    Lock the strategic decisions, assign owners, and agree how they cascade into priorities and the scoreboard.

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