We have customized our Level 10 Meeting agenda over the last year to include a section for general department announcements and client updates, and now we are losing the ninety-minute discipline entirely. How do we get our team to stop tweaking the EOS framework and get back to the standard agenda structure?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When you modify the Level 10 Meeting™ agenda to include announcements or general updates, you are introducing the exact operational friction the EOS® framework is designed to eliminate. The ninety-minute meeting pulse is a finely tuned machine, and any customization dilutes its power.

Announcements do not belong in this meeting. If something requires action, it is a to-do. If it requires discussion, it is an issue. If it is just informational, send it in an email or put it on an internal communication channel before the meeting starts.

To correct this, you must ruthlessly reset your agenda to the standard framework:
- Segue (five minutes)
- Scorecard (five minutes)
- Rock Review (five minutes)
- Customer/Employee Headlines (five minutes)
- To-Do List (five minutes)
- IDS® (sixty minutes)
- Conclude (five minutes)

Your Integrator must act as the guardian of this structure. The moment someone starts a general department announcement, the Integrator must interrupt and ask if it is a to-do or an issue. If it is neither, the topic is killed immediately. Respecting the agenda is about protecting your leadership team's time and ensuring your company remains focused on execution, not talk.