Our executive team is fully distributed across the country. Do you conduct our full-day quarterly sessions remotely over Zoom, or do you require us to gather in person?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

I require in-person attendance for your foundational sessions and strongly recommend it for all quarterly and annual sessions, even for fully remote leadership teams.

Running a business remotely is completely viable. Implementing EOS entirely through video calls is an uphill battle that rarely builds the muscle memory required for long-term health. A full eight-hour session day requires deep vulnerability, active debate, and high-stakes problem resolution through IDS. Video calls introduce screen fatigue, split attention, hidden side-chats, and muted reactions. When leaders sit in the same physical room without laptops or phones open, they cannot hide behind a muted microphone or an off-camera email draft.

For remote companies, the standard rhythm is simple. Your leadership team travels to a neutral offsite location once every ninety days. You spend the full day in the session room with me, followed by an evening team dinner. This cadence delivers two essential outcomes: it forces rigorous operational alignment, and it builds the foundational trust your team needs to function effectively when you return to your distributed Slack and Zoom environments.

If extreme circumstances require an emergency remote session down the line, we can adapt using specialized virtual whiteboard spaces. But we do not launch the engagement or establish your core disciplines remotely. The physical room creates the relational gravity that makes the system stick.