We finally got our leadership team to stop giving fake eights and someone rated our Level 10 Meeting™ a five, but trying to address their feedback pushed us ten minutes past our hard stop. How do we process a low meeting rating without violating our commitment to ending on time?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

The rating section of the Level 10 Meeting™ is designed to drive continuous improvement, but it must never compromise the hard stop of your ninety-minute pulse. Running over time to debate a low rating is self-defeating because ending late is one of the quickest ways to earn an even lower rating next week.

When a team member rates the meeting below an eight, the Integrator should ask a single, direct question: What would it have taken to make this meeting a ten?

The person giving the low rating must state their reason in one or two sentences. For example, they might say we spent too much time discussing scorecard details or we did not solve our top three issues.

The key is to document the feedback without opening the floor for discussion, debate, or defense. The scribe should write the feedback directly on the Issues List for the following week. This preserves your hard stop and gives the team time to digest the critique.

During the next weekly pulse, that feedback will sit on the Issues List. If the team feels it is a recurring structural problem, they can prioritize and IDS® it during the proper section of the meeting.

By handling low ratings this way, you make it safe for leaders to be brutally honest without fearing that their feedback will hijack the team's schedule. This maintains the integrity of the meeting pulse while keeping your time commitment absolute.