One thing I learned when climbing up that ladder. Not only do you not get to start making strategic decisions, the person above you is also not doing that, nor

One thing I learned when climbing up that ladder. Not only do you not get to start making strategic decisions, the person above you is also not doing that, nor is the person above them. Everyone, no matter how many "executives" or "vices" in their title, is simply reacting to what the person above them is on about that day. Everyone is reacting. No one is planning, unless they've just been asked for a plan to present "next week". Then they will have a portion of the plan to assign you, but it will already be narrowly defined per what the boss's boss has already indicated they're expecting to see. And you'll need to complete it in two days, so there are a few days to make changes. I was never privy to any long range planning, and I came to realize that's because if there was any of that happening (I'm very skeptical) it had to be happening at the board of directors level.