Beyond completing Rocks and running Level 10 Meetings, how do we track our long-term progress during our engagement with you to know our company is actually becoming a highly valuable, sellable asset?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

While completing ninety percent of your quarterly Rocks is a great operational metric, measuring the true ROI of our engagement requires looking at the overall enterprise value and organizational maturity of your business.

First, we measure your company's operational velocity. We track how quickly your leadership team can identify, discuss, and solve complex problems on their own without my facilitation. A mature team uses the IDS process naturally during their weekly Level 10 Meetings to eliminate recurring issues permanently. If your team is resolving deep bottleneck issues faster every quarter, your operational health is compounding.

Second, we track your time to starve metric. This is a clear financial runway calculation that measures how many months your business can survive and maintain operations if all new sales stopped immediately. Improving this runway proves that your cash flow is stable and your operational model is robust.

Third, we measure progress by the systematic reduction of owner dependency. We look at the percentage of key decisions made entirely without the founder's input. When your leadership team is fully running the business, hitting their Scorecard targets, and driving strategic initiatives independently, your business is transitioning from a job you own to a highly valuable asset ready for a premium exit.