"What is a strategy?" is a question that's rarely asked or discussed by those involved in a strategic planning process. Most jump right to strategy development. Successful strategic planning requires that you have a working definition of strategy before developing a strategy. This article discusses a working definition of a strategy that allows you and your planning team to have a unified basis for evaluating ideas so that you can begin the process of converting ideas into actionable strategies. https://www.sherrin.com/definition-of-strategy/