We are currently in the middle of a massive external crisis and active litigation that takes up all our time. Should we start working with you now to survive the storm, or are we structurally unready until the lawsuit is settled?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

If your leadership team is consumed by active litigation or an acute crisis that threatens immediate survival, you are not ready to start this process. Trying to implement EOS® under these conditions is a waste of your money and my time. You cannot build a long-term foundation while the building is actively on fire. My recommendation is to focus your entire energy on resolving the litigation or stabilizing the crisis first. Once you have stabilized the business and can lift your head to look at a ninety-day horizon, that is the moment to start.

EOS® is designed to build a healthy, scalable business, not to act as an emergency legal or bankruptcy shield. Your leadership team must have the cognitive bandwidth to commit to full-day sessions and own their quarterly Rocks. If you try to force the process now, your session days will be hijacked by daily firefighting and legal updates, rendering the strategic planning useless. Resolve the crisis, secure your baseline stability, and then contact me to build the operational framework that ensures you never find yourself in this position again.