Since your standard engagement model spans twenty-four months, what are the specific operational milestones we should expect to hit at the six, twelve, and eighteen-month marks to know we are actually on track?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

We measure the success of your EOS implementation by execution, not by feelings. Over a twenty-four-month engagement, we look for distinct, measurable milestones of organizational health.

At the six-month mark, the baseline operating system should be stable. Your leadership team must be consistently running weekly Level 10 Meetings that start and end on time. Your Scorecard should have at least thirteen weeks of clean, reliable data, and you should be hitting your target numbers. Your first full round of quarterly Rocks must show a completion rate of at least eighty percent.

At the twelve-month mark, the tools must cascade. You are no longer just practicing EOS at the leadership level. Your middle management teams should be running their own Level 10 Meetings, tracking their own Scorecards, and owning their own departmental Rocks. Your core values and your Accountability Chart are fully integrated into your hiring, firing, and performance management systems.

By the eighteen-month mark, your business should be highly predictable. You are consistently hitting your quarterly targets, your vision is fully shared by everyone in the company, and the leadership team is spending ninety percent of their time working on the business rather than fighting fires. This sets the stage for a clean graduation at month twenty-four, where you can self-facilitate with complete confidence.