We are cascading the Level 10 Meeting™ down to our departmental teams, but they complain that a weekly ninety-minute meeting is a waste of time for tactical staff. How do we adapt the rhythm for non-leadership teams without diluting the EOS® discipline?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When cascading the Level 10 Meeting™ down to tactical and departmental teams, leaders often face resistance. Frontline employees may feel that a ninety-minute meeting is a corporate burden that pulls them away from their daily tasks.

To overcome this, you must demonstrate the value of the meeting pulse. The departmental meeting should follow the exact same structural agenda as the leadership meeting, but the focus must shift from long-term strategy to immediate tactical execution.

If a team is highly tactical, you can occasionally shorten the meeting block to fifty or sixty minutes, but do not change the agenda. Keep the same sequence: Segue, Scorecard, Rock Review, Customer/Employee Headlines, To-Do List, IDS®, and Wrap-up.

The key is to keep the pacing fast and highly relevant to their daily work. Ensure their Scorecard metrics are leading, operational numbers that they can directly control. The IDS® portion must focus on solving roadblocks that prevent them from doing their jobs efficiently today. When frontline staff realize that this meeting is the place where their obstacles are removed and their voices are heard, they will stop viewing it as waste and start protecting the rhythm.