How to set quarterly priorities

Course-correct strategy every 90 days. Review performance, identify bottlenecks, set your One Domino goal, and define top priorities.

How to set quarterly priorities

Introduction

Quarterly planning ensures strategy stays aligned with reality. Markets shift, experiments reveal new insights, and priorities change. Without quarterly resets, you execute stale plans that no longer fit. This session reviews last quarter's performance, identifies the biggest bottleneck, sets the One Domino goal for next quarter, and defines top priorities. It's the bridge between annual strategy and monthly execution.

Review last quarter's wins and failures

Identify your single biggest bottleneck

Set your One Domino goal for the quarter

Define top 5 priorities and capacity limits

Conclusion

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Playbook

Strategic planning

Without clear strategy, every tactic feels like a guess. Define who you're for, what problem you solve, and how each touchpoint moves them closer to buying. Turn scattered efforts into a coherent system where marketing, sales, and product pull in the same direction.

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Notion

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Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

Set ambitious goals and measurable outcomes that cascade through your organisation, creating alignment and accountability for strategic priorities.

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North Star Metric

Choose one metric that best predicts long-term success to align your entire team on what matters and avoid conflicting priorities that dilute focus.

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Constraint

Identify and leverage limitations as forcing functions that drive creative problem-solving and strategic focus.

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Growth lever

Focus resources on high-impact business mechanisms where small improvements generate disproportionate results across the entire customer journey.

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Prioritisation

Systematically rank projects and opportunities using objective frameworks, ensuring scarce resources flow to highest-impact work.