Level 10 Meetings That Actually Move Work

If your Level 10 Meeting® is mostly a reporting session, your team may be informed, but that doesn’t mean they’re gaining Traction®. Your weekly meetings may feel useful enough because everyone shows up, shares updates, and talks through issues. And that's why nobody stops to ask what's actually changing each week.

If your L10 feels more like a reporting session, your team likely isn’t making any real progress. You’re just staying informed while the same issues sit there another week. That’s how you end up with off-track Rocks, ignored numbers, and a team that’s busy without moving the right work.

The fix is simple. You don’t need a new agenda or meeting format. What you need is to use the Level 10 Meeting to tell the truth sooner. Look at the Scorecard, call out what’s off, and push the real issues into IDS®. Leave with clear To-Dos and ownership. That’s when a weekly meeting starts doing its job.

Jodi Niehaus’s blog shows what that looks like in practice and why a well-run Level 10 Meeting® helps teams execute faster.

Focus Points
"We’re not just talking about the work anymore. Instead, we’re using that time to adjust and advance together."
— Jodi Niehaus

Why Your L10™ Isn’t Moving the Work

When a team says its weekly meeting feels productive but the business is still not gaining Traction®, the issue usually isn’t effort. More often, the meeting has turned into updates, side conversations, and loose ends.

In this blog, Jodi Niehaus shows what changes when a team uses the Level 10 Meeting® the way EOS® intended:

• The Scorecard shows where the week is already off.
• Rock review makes stalled priorities visible.
• IDS® forces the team to solve the real issues.
• To-Dos turn decisions into actual movement.

She also shows why this matters so much. Most teams don’t lose momentum all at once. They lose it one week at a time, when the same problems keep showing up and nobody turns the conversation into a clear next step.

Impact Moments Podcast

On the Impact Moments Podcast, Christine Watts and myself talk with other business leaders about the leadership decisions that shape execution. In case you missed it, here are the latest conversations:

•  When EOS® Leaves the Leadership Team | Jared Stein
  What changes when EOS® reaches the people doing the work every day.
• Get Out of Your Own Way | Kevin Stoller
  What it takes to let go, find the right EOS Integrator™, and stop being the bottleneck.
• No Entrepreneur Goes Undefeated | T.J. Gliha
  A conversation about growth, perspective, and redefining what success actually means.

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On the Calendar
Join Us Live: Work Smarter with Maz

If your team is spending too much time building Rocks, refining Seats, or reviewing the wrong numbers, this session will help you get back on track. Join Thomas “TJ” Kneale, Ninety’s Head of Product, for a live walkthrough of Maz, Ninety’s AI companion. You’ll see how Maz helps leaders write stronger Rocks, clarify roles on The Accountability Chart®, improve Scorecard measurables, and pull insights faster from across Ninety.

May 8, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. ET