Prep for a Stronger Quarter

Today, our leadership team at Ninety is together in person for our Quarterly Planning Session. Later this week, the rest of our team will join us for our Annual Summit. I always look forward to this time because we get to step outside the day-to-day work and reconnect with the people we’re building Ninety with.

For our leadership team, the work for today started before we arrived. We’ve been looking at what we accomplished, what still needs our attention, and which ideas are worth prioritizing for the next 90 days.

To do this, we keep potential Rock candidates on our Long-Term Issues List in Ninety. Before planning, we review those ideas alongside our current and previous Rocks.

An idea can be worth keeping without being the right priority right now. Reviewing those ideas ahead of time helps us come ready to talk about what deserves our focus and what can wait. From there, we challenge each other’s thinking, work through the tradeoffs, and agree on the top priorities we’re willing to commit to for the next quarter. Coming prepared gives us more time for those conversations.

As we sit down for our own session today, our goal is to leave clear on what matters most for the next 90 days and be ready to follow through on the commitments we make.

Focus Points
“90 days is about as long as a human being can stay focused.”
- Gino Wickman

How I Use Ninety to Prepare for EOS® Quarterly Planning

Jodi Niehaus recently shared how she prepares for Quarterly Planning in Ninety.

Before the session, she looks at the ideas she’s been collecting, reviews them against the V/TO®, and starts narrowing down which ones could become priorities for the next 90 days.

If you have Quarterly Planning coming up, her process is a great way to get more out of the time you have together.

Maz Prompt of the Week

Ask: What Rocks on other teams might overlap with my team’s Q4 priorities?

Impact Moments Podcast

Christine and I have had some great conversations on Impact Moments lately.

Bart McCollum talked about what changed when the loudest voice stopped winning. Jonathan B. Smith shared what 1,500 EOS sessions taught him about the work beyond the tools. Jay Tankersley was candid about what happened when he tried to self-implement EOS.