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%...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Remember Focus Day when your name went into the Visionary seat?In watching visionaries grow into their roles, the top 2 frustrations I continue to hear are: I do not even know what I am supposed to do in this seatI feel like my input isn’t appreciated anymore Do these...
This is a post for integrators only, to remind you of three tools you should be revisiting with the team annually as a way of proactively helping them reset some of the habits we built during the first two years of your EOS journey. LMA Review – The 10 things...
This is a note especially for those in the HR Seat. The two things I see the team needing you to own are: the development of new leaders and helping to onboard new leaders. Here are a couple of tips for how to do this: Leadership + Management = Accountability (LMA):...