Mid-Market Operating Review Checklist
Monthly business review structure and artifacts.
“At mid-market scale, the monthly business review is either the beating heart of the company — or the reason every senior leader privately hates Mondays.”
The Insight
A well-run MBR is the single highest-leverage meeting a mid-market company has. It's where strategy meets reality every 30 days. Done badly, it's theatre. Done well, it compresses six months of drift into a four-hour productive conversation every month.
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The Four Mandatory Artifacts
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The Four-Hour Structure
Every participant has prepared materials circulated 48 hours before.
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The Discipline of Written Decisions
Every decision made in the MBR is written, assigned, dated. At the start of next month's MBR, first 15 minutes review last month's decisions: done, in progress, failed. Without this, MBRs become vibes. With it, they become the operating system of the company — and everyone in the room knows their commitments are remembered.
The Takeaway
Four artifacts. Four hours. Written decisions reviewed monthly. The MBR is either the most important meeting of your month or the worst — and the difference is discipline.
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