We have successfully implemented EOS at the leadership level, but we are struggling to roll out Level 10 Meetings to our field service teams who do not sit at desks. How do we format and run these meetings for frontline technicians without wasting their billable hours?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Cascading the Level 10 Meeting™ to frontline workers, such as field technicians, requires you to strip away the corporate bloat and focus entirely on utility. Frontline workers do not need to sit through a ninety-minute strategic session. For these teams, you must run a modified, highly compressed version of the meeting that fits their daily reality.

Keep the meeting to thirty minutes maximum. You can even run it standing up or virtually via a mobile call before they head out to their job sites. The agenda must be hyper-focused on their specific daily execution.

Start with a quick two-minute share to build team energy. Next, spend five minutes reviewing their specific frontline Scorecard metrics, such as jobs completed, safety incidents, or customer satisfaction scores. Skip the high-level Rock review if they do not own strategic Rocks. Spend five minutes on student or client headlines, and three minutes reviewing their quick weekly To-Dos.

Spend the remaining fifteen minutes on IDS®. The issues they solve must be strictly local and operational, such as missing truck inventory or delayed scheduling handoffs. Do not let them discuss company strategy. By keeping the meeting fast, practical, and highly relevant to their daily frustration points, your frontline will embrace the tool rather than viewing it as a waste of billable time.