Our team just completed our first ninety-day cycle of EOS after our initial launch. How do we objectively evaluate if our execution of the basic tools was strong enough to move forward, or if we need to pause and reboot our fundamentals before our first Annual Planning session?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

To evaluate your first ninety days honestly, you must look at execution, not just emotion. It is common to feel a sense of relief after launching, but you need hard operational proof that the tools are working. Use three core checkpoints to measure your foundation.

First, look at your weekly Level 10 Meeting™ performance. Are you starting and ending on time every week without exception? More importantly, are you successfully identifying, discussing, and solving problems during your IDS® sessions, or are you just talking around them? If your Issues List is growing while your solved issues count is stagnant, your team is not yet resolving problems effectively.

Second, evaluate your Rock completion rate. At the end of your first ninety days, did your leadership team complete at least eighty percent of the individual and company Rocks you committed to? If your completion rate is below that threshold, you either set unrealistic priorities or lacked the discipline to stay focused.

Third, review your weekly Scorecard. Do you have a working set of five to fifteen leading indicators that give you an accurate pulse on the business, and is someone accountable for every single number? If your Scorecard is consistently blank or ignored, the habit has not yet formed.

If you fail on two or more of these checkpoints, do not rush into advanced planning. Pause and use your next quarterly session to get pure on the basics. Bring in your Professional EOS Implementer to run a deep diagnostic on your execution. Rebuilding a weak foundation now is far cheaper than trying to scale a broken structure later.