I'm frequently asked, "What are the two purposes of Rocks?".

We use rocks as our three to seven, most important priorities that we have to focus on in the next 90 days.

First of all, it focuses the attention on that specific priority. In doing that we're actually predicting the future, because we're choosing from different priorities, and we're choosing those most important for the next 90 days. We're not choosing something else that might be less important because we don't think that is going to be a priority in that period. So that's how we're predicting the future and it takes us into the future.

As a team, we need to learn how to always be looking ahead and the rocks help us to do that. So that's the first thing, it's is a strong predicting tool.

The second thing that our rock does, is it really helps us to see who's accountable, who's responsible for that particular rock. Someone takes that accountability, becomes the person who reports back on the rock - whether the rock is on track or off track. As the principal driver, it may not be the only person working on that rock, but it's that principal driver - so we know that rock is always getting attention and if something goes off track, as a leadership team we can gather around the person driving it - we can all work together to make sure that that rock has been achieved, as it was identified as one of the top priorities for the next 90 days.

So there you have it. Rocks are priorities for the next 90 days and we use them to help us predict the future, but also to drive accountability and get them done. Because if we get them done, successful follows.

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