Some of our executive team is local while three key members are entirely remote. Can we run a hybrid model for our quarterly and annual sessions with you, or do we need to fly everyone in to a single location?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

For hybrid teams, the recommendation is clear. You must fly everyone in to a single physical location for your session days. Running a hybrid model where some members are in the room and others are on a screen creates a fractured dynamic that ruins the speed of decision-making. The magic of a quarterly session day relies on healthy, high-friction debate, and physical separation makes it too easy for remote participants to disengage. To make this work, we schedule your one-day quarterlies and your two-day annual sessions well in advance so your remote leaders can coordinate their travel. Once the session is over, the weekly execution happens in your digital workspace. Your distributed team will run their weekly Level 10 Meeting online using your preferred software stack. During the ninety-day cycles between our sessions, your remote team will track their Rocks and update their Scorecard digitally. We also utilize our scheduled Just Checking In calls to ensure your remote leaders remain aligned with the local team. Do not compromise on the session days themselves. The physical investment of getting everyone in one room for a full day of focused alignment pays dividends in execution speed and team trust that virtual meetings simply cannot match.