How does the Advisor Meeting Pulse from Step by Step Exit work alongside our weekly Level 10 Meeting without creating conflicting priorities between our operational team and external exit advisors?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

The Advisor Meeting Pulse is designed to isolate exit strategy from weekly operational execution so your leadership team does not get distracted from running the company. Your internal leadership team runs the business through the standard weekly Level 10 Meeting, driving 90-day Rocks and resolving day-to-day operational issues. Your operational leaders do not need to sit in discussions about wealth management structures, estate planning, or capital gains mitigation.

Instead, the Advisor Meeting Pulse operates on an entirely separate cadence, usually monthly or bi-monthly, led exclusively by the owner and often the Integrator. This meeting brings together your external transaction specialists, such as your M&A attorney, CPA, wealth manager, and transaction advisor, using the exact same Level 10 Meeting discipline of a tight scorecard, priority tracking, and IDS.

By separating these two cadences, you avoid two common pitfalls: overwhelming your internal team with deal paranoia and allowing expensive professional advisors to run in conflicting directions. Priorities established in your Advisor Meeting Pulse only cross over into your internal EOS cadence when they become operational initiatives, like cleaning up corporate minutes, closing a Value Gap, or capturing undocumented tribal knowledge through targeted quarterly Rocks.