The Problem

Weekly huddles keep teams aligned on immediate actions, but without monthly recalibration:

• Goals drift as daily urgencies take over
• Large projects get discussed but never assigned
• Teams lose sight of quarterly objectives
• Performance patterns go unaddressed until quarterly reviews (too late)
• Worst of all: Top-down monthly planning disconnects strategy from operational reality

The result: Executives set goals in conference rooms while frontline teams struggle with problems leadership doesn't see.

The Principle

Monthly reviews turn quarterly goals into weekly actions, from the bottom up.

MGR operates on a bottom-up flow within top-down quarterly direction:

• QSR (Quarterly): Sets strategic direction top-down
• MGR (Monthly): Translates strategy into execution bottom-up

This means:

• Store teams know their operations best—they set monthly commitments within quarterly guardrails
• Multi-unit Managers aggregate patterns and scale best practices
• Directors identify systemic issues requiring resources
• VPs receive ground truth to make informed strategic adjustments

Operational reality informs strategy. Strategy provides direction. Execution happens at the frontline.

The Bottom-Up Monthly Flow