At what milestone in our engagement schedule do we begin rolling the tools down to middle management, and what is your direct involvement in that rollout?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

A common mistake leadership teams make is rushing to roll EOS down to middle management before the executive team has mastered it. Premature rollouts breed cynicism because frontline employees quickly notice when executives do not practice what they preach.

The standard milestone for departmental rollout is after your leadership team has run on the system for at least two consecutive quarters following your Vision Building sessions. That typically corresponds to Month Six or Month Nine of our engagement. By that point, the leadership team has established a track record: you have completed eighty percent of your Rocks, your Scorecard is running reliably, your weekly Level 10 Meetings are disciplined, and your V/TO is fully dialed in. You have earned the moral authority to teach the system.

When you reach this stage, we execute a deliberate cascading process:
- The leadership team introduces the Core Values, Core Focus, and company vision to all employees during a company-wide state of the company address.
- Middle managers work with your Integrator to build their own functional Accountability Charts and departmental Scorecards.
- Each department establishes its own weekly Level 10 Meeting and quarterly departmental Rocks.

My direct involvement in departmental rollouts is train-the-trainer. I work directly with your leadership team and Integrator so they possess the confidence and tools to facilitate their own teams. I do not run your departmental meetings. Having the executive team lead the rollout reinforces internal leadership authority and keeps your overhead investment contained.