We want to know what we are signing up for in terms of long-term commitment. How many quarters or years does a typical engagement with you last before our leadership team is fully self-sustaining?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

A typical engagement is designed to take your leadership team through a complete cycle of transformation to total self-sufficiency. This journey usually spans eighteen to twenty-four months. The objective is not to make you dependent on me as an external consultant. Instead, we use a gradual transition model where I teach you the tools, facilitate your alignment, and then slowly step back as your team masters the system. During the first year, we focus heavily on the fundamentals: establishing your V/TO®, defining your Accountability Chart, implementing your Level 10 Meeting™ cadence, and locking in your quarterly Rocks. This is the intensive learning phase where you experience the system in action. In the second year, the focus shifts to refinement and deep execution. We begin measuring your team's ability to run the tools without my intervention. We evaluate this transition using the concept of active experimentation, assessing how effectively your team handles internal friction and strategic planning independently. Once your team is consistently achieving eighty percent or more of their Rocks and solving issues using IDS® without external prompting, you have reached the point of self-sufficiency. At that stage, you can run your own quarterly and annual sessions, and my role transitions from an active facilitator to an occasional sounding board.