As you look to 2020, consider the perpetual challenge for all leaders working in an EOS organization – Do you want to be a GREAT leader? Remember the statements I shared in the 90 Minute Meeting about the assumptions we make about leaders? The two assumptions we...
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EOS® for Operations: The Importance of Meeting Rhythms
In most organizations, your role has the most direct reports, the most key measures on the Scorecard, and – along with the sales team – the most pressure on it when the organization is not meeting financial targets. As a result, mastering the EOS tools and...
EOS® for Integrators: The 6 Key Areas You Need to Master
The one position that I see the most incredible growth in is the Integrator. It is also the one role that I am sometimes too easy on as an implementer, which I have been working on correcting for the last year.The two themes you will hear a lot from me are 80%...
EOS® for Visionaries: The One Thing ALL Visionaries Need to Do
I teach and coach in a leadership development program through a company founded by Paul Doyle, a leader who I both like and respect. It is the one piece of non-EOS work I kept after I 'burned the boats' last year, and that is only because I like being around...
EOS® for Everyone: Retention Strategy – Cascading EOS Rhythms
Lots of companies are talking about retention strategies for their people. As an EOS company, here is a case for why doing EOS really well and cascading it is the best strategy for keeping your people.The Gallup organization came up with 12 questions that assessed an...
EOS® for Finance: Developing Financial Literacy in Your Organization
This is a note especially for those in the Finance seat. Remember when we did the cash flow drivers tool? In my experience, half of my teams roll their eyes like they don’t need it. I can only think of one team who told me there was no/little value in the activity. My...
EOS® for Visionaries & Integrators: Tips for Planning a Great Annual
As we approach year end, it's a good time to think about your 2-day annual planning. Here are a couple of tips based on feedback from my EOS partners: Get out of town: I consistently hear great feedback from teams when they do an overnight, even if it is just from...
Learn how to use the Team Member Fact Sheet
"Trust is a gift. Great leaders learn it, give it, and earn it each day." ~ Scott Patchin Read tips for using it below. [tcb_post_list...
EOS® for Everyone: “Once you stop learning, you start dying.”
Albert Einstein famously said this, and it is particularly meaningful for the message I want to pass on to EOS leaders. Your #1 goal is learning. The target market leader that thrives in EOS is entrepreneurial, growth minded, and open minded. Growth minded is simply...
EOS® for Sales: Your Sales Process
This is a note especially for those in the Sales seat. My rock this quarter was to implement Pipedrive - a CRM tool - so I have been thinking a lot about the Sales seat I sit in on my own accountability chart. EOS tries to keep this simple for you as the Sales leader...
EOS® for Visionaries & Integrators: The Big 3 – Core Processes / Measurables / Same Page Meeting
Managing chaos is hard. In working with entrepreneurial leaders and leadership teams, the word 'chaos' is often touted as ‘whatever it takes’ or ‘do the right thing’ or ‘act like a superhero’. If you think these sound like values, you are correct. My reason for...
3 Tips for Self-Guiding/Facilitating your EOS® Journey
I was recently in a conversation with a visionary who asked about facilitating their own quarterly and ‘graduating’. I did not hide my joy, and reminded him that they had ‘graduated’ a long time ago so it only makes sense for them to try facilitating their own...