I have a couple questions on level-10 meetings. Sometimes we have to do's that come out of issues that are longer than 7-days for one reason or another. Do these still go on the To-Do's, do ...

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I have a couple questions on level-10 meetings. Sometimes we have to do's that come out of issues that are longer than 7-days for one reason or another. Do these still go on the To-Do's, do they go as rocks, or somewhere else? Do some people put to-do's that are longer than 7 days?

Also, are you not supposed to update or add to your rocks during the quarter? Only update them at the quarterly review?

Thanks.

4 comments

Hollis Miles

9 months ago

Hi Andrew,
I couldn’t tell you that this is the “proper” way to do it, but this always worked well. We always put our to-dos from issues on the to-dos list regardless of them being done in the next 7 days. It was always up to the person responsible for the to-do to agree to the timeline and date, so we could hold them accountable to hitting that date. We didn’t do a good job at regularly reviewing our long term issues list though (except at quarterlies) so maybe that’s why we didn’t stick to 7 days.

Also, I was taught not to change or add to rocks during the quarter, only at the quarterly review.

Michele Mollard

9 months ago

I would encourage you to break them in to 7 day to do's. Sometimes the person that owns the work needs to list out separately the next 1-5 to do's and then each week, update the to do list with the next thing to do in 7 days. This will show the team, progress and not let your to do list get too huge. The team member needs to own moving the project along week to week.

Hollis is right on the quarterly rocks!

Andrew McCutchen

9 months ago

Perfect, thank you both for the input!!!

Ross Black

9 months ago

Hi Andrew,

I think the to-do is just the very next action. I think the key for us has been to not IDS on issues without it resulting in a clear to-do. It's okay to pick up Rocks throughout the quarter as long as it doesn't result in your existing Rocks going off-track. I think the ideal EOS method would be to work through your pre-assigned Rocks, and then when you complete them, pick up a new clearly defined rock. The key is to not let the new Rock be "productive procrastination" keeping you from your earlier commitments.

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