Our team wants to use the Focus Day™ to debate our long-term market positioning because we are in a rapidly changing tech environment. Why must we master the Accountability Chart and Rocks before we are allowed to touch our long-term strategic plan?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Trying to solve your ten year strategic vision before you have locked in your internal structure is a dangerous waste of time. In a fast paced tech environment, strategy without execution structure is just hallucination. This is why the EOS® process separates the Focus Day™ from Vision Building™.

Focus Day™ is designed to get your leadership team aligned on who is responsible for what and how you measure progress weekly. Until you have a clear Accountability Chart where every person GWC™s their seat, you do not have the operational engine to execute any strategy you dream up. If you jump straight into strategic positioning, you will make decisions based on personal politics rather than operational reality.

Furthermore, mastering quarterly Rocks teaches your team how to focus on what is truly important rather than what is urgent. This execution discipline is a prerequisite for Vision Building™. During your Vision Building™ sessions, you will make hard choices about your target market and your core focus. If your team has not first learned how to prioritize and execute ninety day goals, those long term plans will simply sit on a shelf.

Respect the sequence. Use your Focus Day™ to clarify your roles, build your Scorecard, and launch your weekly Level 10 Meeting™. Once the operational plumbing is working, you will have the clear data and the team alignment necessary to build a strategic vision that actually sticks.