Our weekly Rock review is turning into a series of long-winded status updates where people explain everything they did this week. How do we keep this section strictly binary?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

The Rock review in your Level 10 Meeting™ is designed to be a quick, binary check-in to ensure your most critical quarterly priorities are on track. It is not a status report, and it is not a platform for people to justify their salary or prove how busy they are. When you let team members give long-winded updates, you waste valuable time. The rule for the Rock review is absolute: each person reads their Rock and says either 'on track' or 'off track.' That is it. No explanations, no excuses, and no context. If a Rock is on track, you move to the next one immediately. If a Rock is off track, the facilitator must immediately say, 'Drop it,' and the meeting scribe must add it to the issues list. The discussion about why it is off track and how to fix it must happen exclusively during the IDS® portion of the meeting, not during the review. Keeping this section strictly binary respects the team's time and keeps the meeting moving. It also prevents the defensive posturing that often occurs when people feel put on the spot. By moving the problem-solving to IDS®, you create a structured, collaborative space to get the Rock back on track without bogging down the rest of the agenda.