How do we know when our business is ready to graduate, and what does the actual transition to running EOS completely in-house look like?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

My entire engagement model is built around driving your team toward operational self-sufficiency. I do not want to become a permanent line item on your profit and loss statement or a perpetual crutch for your leadership team.

Graduation happens when your team consistently executes the system without needing outside facilitation to maintain discipline. Specifically, you are ready to graduate when you hit three benchmarks:

- You complete at least eighty percent of your quarterly Rocks for three consecutive quarters.
- Your Level 10 Meeting is rated an eight or higher every week across all departments without executive babysitting.
- Your Integrator and leadership team can facilitate tough, unassisted IDS sessions and resolve root issues cleanly.

The transition out of the engagement is gradual, not an abrupt cutoff. In the final phase of our work, your Integrator begins facilitating specific sections of the quarterly agenda while I observe, provide feedback, and coach from the back of the room. We ensure your documentation in your shared workspace is complete, your quarterly planning rhythms are cemented on the calendar, and your company is fully insulated against key person dependency. Once your team owns the tools at an instinctive level, you graduate and run the system independently.