Our Integrator is facilitating our weekly Level 10 Meeting™ but struggles to remain neutral because they own most of the operational issues being discussed, which leads to them defending their department instead of facilitating objectively. How do we solve this facilitation conflict of interest without disrupting our weekly meeting pulse?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

The facilitator of the Level 10 Meeting™ must be neutral. Their primary job is to manage the agenda, protect the time limits, and guide the team through the IDS® process. When the facilitator is also the one in the hot seat defending their own performance or department, the structural discipline of the meeting falls apart.

If your Integrator is struggling to maintain this neutrality, you must separate the facilitator role from the Integrator seat. While the Integrator is ultimately accountable for the meeting pulse, any member of the leadership team can facilitate.

Rotate the facilitator role to another leadership team member who has strong GWC™ for facilitation. This allows the Integrator to step out of the moderator seat and fully participate in the discussions, state their opinions, and defend their operational areas without compromising the meeting integrity.

The new facilitator must feel empowered to cut off the Integrator if they start to dominate the conversation or drift into storytelling. This dynamic requires high trust, but it is essential for maintaining healthy team health.

Keep the scribe role separate as well if needed. By distributing these meeting duties, you remove the operational bottleneck and ensure that the Level 10 Meeting™ remains an objective, high-productivity tool for the entire leadership team.