Our leadership team consistently hits our 90 percent To-Do completion rate overall, but one specific seat averages only 50 percent every week. How do we fix this individual bottleneck without turning the wrap-up into a public shaming session?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

An aggregate score can hide serious functional drag. If a seven-person leadership team completes twenty-one out of twenty-four To-Dos, the Scorecard shows an acceptable 87.5 percent completion rate. But if all three missed items belong to the same seat, that single seat is creating a cross-functional bottleneck that paralyzes company execution.

The wrap-up of the Level 10 Meeting is purely for reporting done or not done. You never litigate excuses or enter into debate during the To-Do review. If an item is not done, it either stays on the list for one more week or moves to the Issues List if it hit a roadblock. However, when an individual leader chronically misses the 90 percent benchmark over three consecutive weeks, that pattern itself must be dropped onto the Issues List as a formal issue.

During IDS, frame the issue objectively around capacity or GWC. Does this leader have the capacity to accomplish their seat expectations alongside weekly Level 10 commitments? Are they committing to tasks during IDS that should be delegated down to their direct reports? Are they taking on ambiguous deliverables that cannot be completed in seven days?

If the issue is delegation or sizing, the Integrator coaches them on scoping realistic commitments. If the leader understands the seat and wants the seat, but simply refuses to honor seven-day agreements, you are looking at an Accountability Chart issue. Chronic non-completion is an operational failure that cannot hide behind the team average.