If I asked you to draw me a picture of a leader, you might pull together a confident and commanding CEO running a meeting, a press conference, or a standup with a group of people. Leaders tend to stand out for how they carry themselves, what they wear, and certainly...
Leadership
One-on-ones: Yes or No?
In EOS - One-on-ones . . . Yes or No? I have been getting this question lately, and so I want to answer it for all. First, my early clients will attest that I was a pro one-on-one and EOS® person. After implementing EOS® with 30+ clients I have learned a few things:...
EOS Integrators: Everyone should be in a great weekly meeting
Special topic for EOS IntegratorsIn recent meetings with a few clients—in one case doing a lunch and learn with some key managers around the L10 Meeting™—I have realized that a key learning has been missed. The concept of cascading L10 meetings has transformed...
Especially for Visionaries: 3 Things to Watch and Listen for Now
Your team needs you to help them make some critical shifts In the last 3 months I have found myself repeating the same question: When you look around the organization do you see the team playing more defense or offense? One thing I have observed in some organizations...
Integrators – One Tip for Strengthening EOS® In Your Business
Consider using EOS® Software I recently got some feedback from a couple integrators that using an EOS specific software has helped them immensely in their EOS launch, and some challenged me on why I don’t encourage new clients to consider implementing it when they...
Clarity Breaks!
Clarity breaks are a critical part of leadership in EOS, and any leader will benefit from this habit. Here are some tips for getting started or restarted.
5 Tips for Building Resilience (and we are all going to need more of it)
I am not an infectious disease specialist or an economist, but I am confident in predicting that our current challenges will require us to have resilience. The thing I have learned about resilience is you either have it or you have to build it. The only reason I don’t...
Responsibility or Accountability?
The short answer for any leader working in an EOS® company is - Yes. But these two words are not equal, and two leadership gurus I respect have pulled me both ways. Patrick Lencioni included Accountability as layer number four in the pyramid made famous in his book,...
The Biggest Barrier to Delegation
I can't let go of that; if I don't empty the trash, who will?These young people have no work ethic; if I don't mow the lawn, who will do it? People have to get paid around here; if I don't double-check all the time sheets, how will it get done? In my Delegating...
Honest Listening: What Peter says and one practice
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.Peter Drucker When she walked into my office, she was clearly nervous. We had worked together for six months. In the next five minutes, she shared a very personal medical condition, how the treatment...
Honest Listening: The data behind psychological noise, and 1 experiment
I was listening to a speaker recently who shared some startling statistics on our brain activity: We all have 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts per day95 - 98% are the same we had the day before So I tried an experiment: at the end of every day, I wrote down the thoughts that...
Honesty Quote
I believe leaders need to learn/relearn how to express love to their people so they feel it. Here is a quote that should make you think about love and honesty.