We have been running on EOS® for over a year and feel like we are doing well, but we suspect some of our habits are slowly slipping under the surface. How do we conduct a rigorous audit of our execution to ensure our tools are still driving maximum traction?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

It is easy for a team to become complacent after a year of using EOS®. You get comfortable with the rhythm, and slowly, bad habits start to creep in. A scorecard metric gets skipped here, a Rock gets pushed there, and suddenly you are running a watered-down version of the system.

To prevent this drift, you must run a formal Organizational Checkup™ at least once a year. This is a twenty-question assessment that objectively measures your strength in the Six Key Components™ of your business. Every member of the leadership team must take this assessment independently, and you must review the results together during your annual planning session. Look for gaps between how you rate your execution and how your team rates it. If the leadership team thinks communication is perfect but middle management rates it poorly, you have a cascade issue.

In addition to the formal checkup, look for these three warning signs of execution drift:
- Your weekly Scorecard metrics have not changed in six months, meaning you are tracking historical comfort rather than forward-looking indicators.
- Your Issues List is cleared every week because you are solving easy problems and leaving the hard ones untouched.
- Your Rocks are consistently pushed to the next quarter with new excuses instead of being crossed off as done.

By treating your EOS® discipline as something that requires constant auditing and tuning, you protect your company from the operational decay that kills momentum and limits your eventual valuation.