If our Integrator resigns or is replaced midway through our two-year EOS implementation, how does that impact our session cadence and your role in onboarding the successor?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Losing an Integrator during an implementation is an urgent operational event, but it does not pause your EOS® cadence. In fact, maintaining your quarterly rhythm is what prevents the company from descending into chaos during the transition.

When an Integrator departs, we do not delay your next quarterly session. If the seat is temporarily vacant, the Visionary or an interim operational leader must step into the seat on the Accountability Chart. During our next session, we immediately prioritize IDS® around the Integrator seat: clarifying seat requirements, reviewing GWC™ (Gets It, Wants It, Capacity to do it), and defining the hiring profile.

Once a new Integrator is hired or promoted, my role during our normal session cadence is to accelerate their operational fluency.

- We run a dedicated onboarding briefing before their first session to ground them in your V/TO®, your Scorecard, and the specific dynamics of the leadership team.
- During their first quarterly session, I observe their command of the room, their facilitation of the Level 10 Meeting™ structure, and their ability to hold peers accountable.
- We immediately establish a weekly Same Page Meeting between the Visionary and the incoming Integrator to ensure strategic lockstep from week one.

The strength of EOS® is that the operating system belongs to the business, not to an individual executive. A structured operating system allows a new Integrator to step in and lead with speed.