Our leadership team is adding every single off-track scorecard metric and missed To-Do directly to our weekly Level 10 Meeting™ Issues List, creating a massive, unmanageable log. How do we filter these out before the meeting starts?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

A bloated issues list is a sign of a team that does not understand the difference between a minor speed bump and a true issue. If you are dumping every single missed metric or late To-Do onto your weekly pulse, you are paralyzing your leadership team with noise. You must establish a filter. Before any item is added to the Level 10 Meeting Issues List, the owner of that seat must ask themselves: Have I spent five minutes trying to solve this myself? If a metric is red for one week, it is often just a temporary blip. It only becomes an issue for the weekly pulse if it has been red for two consecutive weeks, or if the owner needs help from another department to solve it. Teach your team to manage their own seats. They should only bring an issue to the leadership team when they are genuinely stuck or when it impacts the company's overall health or exit-readiness goals. Encourage your leaders to solve minor issues directly with each other outside of the weekly meeting pulse. This keeps your Level 10 Meeting focused on high-leverage problem-solving. By keeping the issues list lean and focused on true obstacles, you keep your leadership team energized and operating at a high level, rather than bogged down in daily micro-management.