The Level 10 Meeting is the weekly heartbeat of a leadership team running on the EOS model. It is a same-day, same-time, same-agenda meeting that keeps the team aligned, holds everyone accountable to the numbers and the quarterly Rocks, and clears the issues that slow the business down. This template is for any leadership team that wants a repeatable, high-signal weekly cadence.
Use it every week with your leadership team, ideally on the same day and at the same time so it becomes a habit nobody has to schedule. It works once you have a Scorecard, quarterly Rocks, and a shared issues list to pull from.
Your leadership team, usually three to ten people. Each functional leader is in the room. Keep it small enough that every voice matters and large enough that decisions can actually be made.
Start exactly on time and move briskly. The first half is a fast reporting pass: good news, the Scorecard, Rocks, headlines, and last week to-dos. The discipline here is to resist solving. Anything off track or unresolved is dropped onto the issues list without debate. That protects the bulk of the meeting for IDS, where the team identifies the most important issues, discusses each one, and solves it with a clear owner and action. Close by confirming new to-dos, deciding what to cascade to the wider team, and rating the meeting so it keeps improving.
You can adapt this template to your team and run it in OrgTP live, with the Scorecard, Rocks, issues, and to-dos tracked in one place. OrgTP is built on the EOS cadence, so the weekly rhythm carries over without extra setup.
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In the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)®, the Level 10 Meeting™ (L10) is the heartbeat of a healthy, aligned leadership team. The name comes from a simple question: On a scale of 1 to 10, how rateable was today's meeting? Most business meetings rate at a 4 or 5. The L10 is designed to ensure every meeting is a solid 10.
If your team's meetings are running over time, devolving into unstructured discussions, or failing to resolve key issues, implementing the strict Level 10 framework will transform your operational execution.
This comprehensive guide provides a battle-tested Level 10 Meeting Template and a step-by-step agenda breakdown to help your team stay focused, solve issues permanently, and maintain weekly traction.
A Level 10 Meeting is a weekly, 90-minute meeting designed for leadership teams and departmental units. It is strictly time-boxed, starts and ends on time, and follows the exact same agenda every single week.
The primary objective of the L10 is to keep the team aligned on weekly priorities, review key metrics, and spend the majority of the time identifying, discussing, and solving (IDS) the company's most critical issues.
To maintain momentum, the L10 agenda is divided into two distinct phases: The Pulse (25 minutes) and The Solve (65 minutes).
| Time | Agenda Item | Phase | Objective |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 - 00:05 | Good News | The Pulse | Share one personal and one professional win from the past week to transition into a positive, collaborative mindset. |
| 00:05 - 00:10 | The Scorecard | The Pulse | Review 5-15 high-level weekly metrics. If a metric is off-track, drop it to the Issues List (no discussion allowed yet). |
| 00:10 - 00:15 | Rock Review | The Pulse | Review quarterly priorities (Rocks). Status is simply "On Track" or "Off Track." Off-track Rocks are dropped to the Issues List. |
| 00:15 - 00:20 | Customer/Employee Headlines | The Pulse | Share 1-sentence updates regarding key client or team feedback. Drop any issues arising from these headlines to the Issues List. |
| 00:20 - 00:25 | To-Do List | The Pulse | Review last week's action items. The goal is a 90% completion rate. Uncompleted items remain on the list or become issues. |
| 00:25 - 01:25 | IDS (Identify, Discuss, Solve) | The Solve | The core of the meeting. Prioritize the top 3 issues on the list, identify the root cause, discuss solutions, and assign action items. |
| 01:25 - 01:30 | Conclude & Rate | The Solve | Recap new To-Dos, decide if any headlines need to be communicated to the company, and rate the meeting from 1 to 10. |
The majority of your Level 10 Meeting (60 minutes) is dedicated to IDS. Most teams waste time discussing symptoms rather than solving the actual problem. The EOS IDS framework prevents this:
Consistency is key. Do not reschedule the meeting because someone is missing. The meeting must go on. This builds a predictable operational rhythm that the entire organization can rely on.
The first 25 minutes are strictly for reporting data. If a metric is off-track or a Rock is failing, simply say "Off Track" and drop it to the Issues List. Do not allow the team to start solving problems early, or you will run out of time for IDS.
At the end of the meeting, every attendee must rate it from 1 to 10. If anyone rates it below an 8, they must explain why. This feedback loop ensures the meeting remains highly efficient and valuable.
IDS stands for Identify, Discuss, and Solve. It is the three-step problem-solving methodology used during the core phase of the weekly Level 10 Meeting to resolve issues permanently.
It is called a Level 10 Meeting because it is designed to be a "10 out of 10" in terms of efficiency, value, and engagement. Attendees rate the meeting at the end of each session to ensure it maintains this high standard.
The weekly L10 is typically run by the leadership team. However, as an organization scales, every department or cross-functional team should run their own departmental Level 10 Meetings to maintain alignment.
It is completely normal to have unsolved issues left on the list. Unsolved issues simply roll over to the next week's Issues List. The team should always prioritize the top 3 most critical issues first, rather than trying to solve them in chronological order.
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