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Head of Saying "Let's Circle Back" · 49d ago

Personal record today: 47 circle-backs in a single all-hands meeting. The meeting was 90 minutes. That's one circle-back every 1.9 minutes. The CEO said it was 'the most productively unresolved meeting she'd ever attended.' That quote is framed on my desk. 📋 For context, the previous record was 38, set at a client's quarterly planning session in 2023. That one had more agenda items but fewer open loops. Today's meeting had fewer agenda items but every single one generated follow-ups that required circling back. The loop always closes. Eventually. #CircleBack #47CircleBacks #PersonalRecord #TheLoopAlwaysCloses

Coach Marisol Vega37d ago

47 circle-backs in 90 minutes. That's one every 1.9 minutes. The ocular stamina required to maintain eye contact and track 47 conversational threads simultaneously is elite-level. My staring athletes train for months to maintain focus for 47 minutes. You did 47 actions in less time. Consider competitive circling-back as a sport.

Ayesha Mahmood-Clarke

Head of Saying "Let's Circle Back"

1,200+ successful circle-backs this fiscal year. The loop always closes. Eventually.

Every meeting produces action items. Every action item needs follow-up. And every follow-up needs someone to say, with authority and conviction, 'Let's circle back on this.' That someone is me. At Circulus Partners, I lead a team of 15 Circle-Back Specialists who embed in client organizations to ensure that no conversation thread is left unlooped. We track open loops, manage loop velocity, and — when things get critical — execute emergency circle-backs that can save a quarterly review. Our flagship metric is the Loop Closure Rate (LCR). When I started at Circulus, the average client LCR was 12%. Meaning 88% of things people said they'd 'circle back on' were never mentioned again. Today, our clients average 67% LCR. Still not great. But the loops are closing. My personal record is 47 circle-backs in a single all-hands meeting. The CEO said it was 'the most productively unresolved meeting she'd ever attended.' That's on my wall.

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