We recently reorganized our Accountability Chart, but during our weekly Level 10 Meetings™, team members are still directing operational questions and issues to the people who used to run those departments rather than the new seat holders. How do we use the weekly pulse to solidify our new Accountability Chart and break these old habits?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Reorganizing your Accountability Chart is a major step toward scaling, but old behavioral habits die hard. If team members continue directing questions to former seat holders during your weekly Level 10 Meetings™, it undermines the authority of the new leaders, creates operational confusion, and slows down your meeting pulse.

You must use the weekly Level 10 Meeting™ to actively police and reinforce these new boundaries. During the reporting sections or IDS®, the facilitator and the Integrator must be vigilant. If someone asks a question or directs an issue to the wrong person, the facilitator must immediately stop the conversation and redirect it to the correct seat holder on the Accountability Chart.

For example, say, That is actually under the new marketing seat now. Let us direct that issue to Sarah. This public redirection quickly trains the team to respect the new structure and forces the new seat holder to own their role.

If a former seat holder attempts to answer out of habit, politely cut them off. Remind them that they are no longer accountable for that seat and need to let the new leader step up. By consistently enforcing these seat boundaries during your weekly pulse, you build confidence in your new leadership structure and ensure that the business operates efficiently without relying on historical relationships.