Our leadership team is dropping thirty minor issues onto our Level 10 Issues List during the week, making the list completely unmanageable before we even sit down. How do we filter what actually belongs on our weekly leadership Issues List?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

A bloated Issues List leads to decision fatigue and shallow problem-solving. If your weekly list has dozens of items, your team is using the Level 10 Meeting™ as a dumping ground for minor operational tasks that should be solved outside the room. To clean up your list, implement a strict filtering rule. Before anyone adds an item to the leadership Issues List, they must ask themselves if the issue actually requires the brainpower of the entire leadership team. If it can be solved by two people having a quick conversation outside the meeting, it does not belong on the list. Additionally, ensure your team is filtering issues by their Accountability Chart roles. If an issue falls entirely within the scope of one department, that leader should solve it within their own department or during their own departmental Level 10 Meeting. Only cross-departmental bottlenecks and high-impact leadership issues belong on the weekly list. At the start of the IDS® portion, the leadership team must quickly identify the top three issues. The remaining items should stay at the bottom of the list. If minor items sit at the bottom of your list for three weeks without being selected, delete them or move them to the Long-Term Issues List on your V/TO®. This discipline keeps your focus on high-impact solutions.