A conversation with Admired Leadership Executive Coach John Schoew and Wes Bender from CRA | Admired Leadership, exploring why so many leaders default almost entirely to tactical work and what the best leaders actually do to protect and prioritize strategic thinking. Recorded from a Chick-fil-A in Tampa (Wes's most unconventional location yet), this session cuts through the buzzword fog around "strategy" to provide a clear, practical framework for understanding the difference between tactical and strategic work, why the pull toward tactical is so powerful, and four concrete disciplines for building strategic thinking into daily leadership. John draws on his background as a former Accenture partner and executive coach to make the case that 30 minutes of daily strategic thinking compounds dramatically over time.