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Annual Planning Meeting Template

EOS 960 min Annually Leadership team (3-10 people)

The Annual Planning Meeting is a two-day leadership offsite that sets the direction for the year. The team reconnects, reviews the past year, strengthens trust, refreshes the full Vision, and then builds next year goals and the first quarter Rocks. It is for leadership teams running on the EOS model who want a clear, shared plan for the next twelve months.

When to use it

Hold it once a year, near year-end or the start of your fiscal year. It replaces one quarterly meeting and feeds the three quarterly pulsing meetings that follow.

Who attends

The leadership team, usually three to ten people, the same group in your weekly and quarterly meetings. Two full days together is part of the value, so protect attendance.

How to run it

Treat it as two connected days. Day one is about reconnecting, honestly reviewing the year, building team health, and re-grounding in the Vision. Day two turns that alignment into a plan: set the one-year goals first, then translate them into specific first quarter Rocks with single owners, and clear remaining issues with IDS. Get offsite, slow down enough to think, and leave with a one-year plan, Q1 Rocks, and a message to share with the company.

Facilitator tips

  • Go offsite and give team-building real time, not a token exercise.
  • Lock the one-year goals before setting Q1 Rocks so the Rocks ladder up.
  • Keep goals and Rocks few and measurable rather than a long wish list.
  • Capture every decision in writing so nothing evaporates after the offsite.

Common mistakes

  • Cramming two days of work into one and shortchanging the Vision review.
  • Setting annual goals that are aspirations rather than measurable targets.
  • Skipping team health, then wondering why planning stalls on conflict.
  • Leaving without Q1 Rocks, so January starts without traction.

You can adapt this template to your team and run it in OrgTP, then carry your goals and Q1 Rocks into the quarterly and weekly cadence. OrgTP is built on the EOS cadence, so the annual plan connects directly to the rhythm you run all year.

Agenda

960 minutes total · 8 sections

  1. Day 1: Segue 60 min
    Open the offsite by reconnecting as a team. Share the year bests and reset team health before planning begins.
  2. Day 1: Review the Year 120 min
    Review the past year against goals, Rocks, and the Scorecard. Capture honest lessons, wins, and misses.
  3. Day 1: Team Health 120 min
    Run team-building and trust exercises so the leadership team is open and aligned for the harder planning ahead.
  4. Day 1: Vision (V/TO) Review 180 min
    Walk the full Vision and traction document. Confirm core values, focus, ten-year target, and marketing strategy.
  5. Day 2: Next-Year Goals 180 min
    Set the one-year plan: revenue, profit, measurables, and the three to seven most important goals for the year.
  6. Day 2: Q1 Rocks 180 min
    Translate the annual goals into the first quarter Rocks, each owned by one person and clearly measurable.
  7. Day 2: Tackle Key Issues (IDS) 90 min
    Work the top issues with Identify, Discuss, Solve so the team enters the new year with a clean slate.
  8. Day 2: Conclude 30 min
    Recap the plan, Rocks, and to-dos. Decide the cascading message for the company and rate the two days.

Run this meeting live in OrgTP

Stop copying agendas into a doc every week. OrgTP runs your meetings live — scorecard, rocks, issues, and to-dos all in one place, with your AI agents in the room.