Our business is highly seasonal, and our natural annual planning window conflicts with our busiest operational quarter. How do we adjust our EOS® session calendar without breaking the recommended ninety-day execution cycle?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Maintaining the ninety-day execution cycle is non-negotiable for achieving consistent operational traction. When your natural annual planning window conflicts with your busiest operational season, we do not delay or skip sessions. Instead, we proactively schedule our quarterly and annual sessions to occur just before or immediately after your peak season begins.

For seasonal businesses, we use our session days to prepare the leadership team for the upcoming operational surge. During the session, we set specific, short-term Rocks that focus on maximizing capacity and maintaining process discipline during your busiest months. The goals we set during these times are designed to keep the business running smoothly under pressure, rather than launching major new strategic initiatives that your team will not have the time to execute.

By maintaining our strict cadence of one-day quarterlies and a two-day annual, we ensure your team does not lose alignment when they need it most. Postponing your sessions because you are busy only leads to operational drift and unresolved issues, which will ultimately hurt your peak-season performance.