To strike a balance is to find the workable point between two things that both pull at you. Firm enough to be taken seriously, kind enough to be listened to.
It takes between: strike a balance between cost and quality. What makes it useful is the admission built into it — a balance is struck rather than found, so the phrase says out loud that neither side got everything and that somebody had to decide. That is why reports reach for it constantly. Get the balance right is the everyday version.
1phrasestrike a balanceTo find the workable point between two extremes.
“You have to strike a balance between speed and care.”
strike a balance is an act of compromise.
Practised in Common Word Pairs