I am preparing my company for a clean exit, and I need to stop facilitating our weekly Level 10 Meetings so the team can run them without me. How do I transition this facilitation responsibility without the meeting falling apart?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

If you are preparing your company for a clean exit, you must transition the facilitation of your Level 10 Meetings to your leadership team. A business that requires the owner to run the weekly meetings is unsellable because it shows the operational engine cannot function without you.

To start this transition, assign the facilitator role to your Integrator or another capable leader on your team. Do not just hand it over and walk away: transition it over a period of three to four weeks.

During the first week, have the new facilitator run the reporting segments while you run the IDS® portion. In the second week, let them run the entire meeting while you sit back and observe. Your job during this transition is to remain completely silent unless you are asked a direct question or need to course-correct a major structural error.

After the meeting, provide direct, private feedback to the new facilitator. Focus on their control of the agenda, their ability to cut off drift, and how they guided the team through the IDS® process.

Once the transition is complete, your role in the Level 10 Meeting™ is simply to participate as a member of the team. This physical and operational step back is the ultimate test of your leadership team's autonomy, proving to future buyers that your business can execute at a high level without your daily involvement.