So there is lots of grouchiness in this thread. Maybe I'll try and give some comments on how these can be productive. I'm in a remote working firm that provide

So there is lots of grouchiness in this thread. Maybe I'll try and give some comments on how these can be productive. I'm in a remote working firm that provides IT services. We get together as a leadership team once a quarter to review what was and wasn't completed the previous quarter; review operations metrics, discuss changes in the business environment; and build the plan for the next quarter. On a yearly basis, we do a bigger strategy session to really think about our marketing position, our offerings, our competitors and so on. The fancy strategy so to speak. It's good for the group to be in person as the conversations can get difficult at times and it's easier to have them without having to mediate through Zoom. We also use it as a chance to do relationship building and to handle some tactical issues that need a hand. We don't do go anywhere fancy - we usually rent a conference room offsite as our office doesn't have a lot of conference space. Implementing these sessions has led to much better execution overall against our plans.