Linzy Schaller A senior executive recently shared a story with me that stuck. In preparation for his 15min presentation of his function’s Strategic Annual Plan to the ExCom and Board, beyond the months of collective effort from his team, he personally spent 15+hrs refining those five final slides—digging into the data, honing the narrative, and rehearsing how he would deliver it. When he casually mentioned this to his team, they were shocked. Why? Because there’s a common mis