Why Staying on Track “Rocks”
I’ve written about the significance of the Vision/Traction Organizer™. It is the two-page strategic plan we help each Leadership Team create for their company. The process is based on facilitating a discussion and several exercises so the Leadership Team is 100% on the same page with the answers to eight questions: What are your Core Values? […]
It’s a 10!
A Level-10 Meeting™ is a Leadership Team’s 90 minutes each week to work “on” their business, assess the health, and (here’s where the magic comes in) solve issues. Why do we call it a Level-10? Because we want the Leadership Team to get to the point where they rate the meeting a “10.” A Level-10 […]
Four Ways to Bring Order to Your House
Let’s face it. As business owners and entrepreneurs, we juggle multiple priorities, projects, challenges, and opportunities every day. It can be an overwhelming life that drains energy and diverts our focus. As an EOS® Implementer, I help my clients bring some order to their house. One of my clients loves systems, but he never found […]
The Importance of Level 10 Meetings
You and your employees look forward to departmental and staff meetings, right? If you are like most people, the answer to that question is a resounding “No!” I have a client who is a business owner, and during our 90 Minute Meeting, I asked how effective his meetings were. He said, “Zero – because I […]
State of the Company
Each year, our government leaders give their “State of the Union” speech. It’s a time when they can communicate their vision to the people they serve. Your company needs to share its vision, too. In the world of EOS®, your company has three opportunities to communicate its Vision. The first is at a company kickoff […]
Managing and Refining Your Rocks
Figuring out how to organize and prioritize your time can be challenging for business owners, especially when there are a lot of projects that need to be competed. If you are not sure how or where to start, the Entrepreneurial Operating System™ (EOS) suggests starting with the highest-priority projects first. The highest priority projects are […]
Staying on Track in a 90-Day World
You have the best intentions. You write your annual business plan, and determine your objectives – all 36 of them. You leave a planning meeting energized, excited, and ready to conquer the world. But something gradually happens, and it begins the moment you step foot out of the meeting. As the days turn into weeks, […]
Attributes of an Effective Team Meeting
Meetings are a necessary part of communication and problem solving for every business, but they aren’t always as productive as they should be. According to Atlassian, most employees attend 62 meetings per month, and are spending 31 hours in unproductive meetings. And as you know, time is valuable. When it’s not used wisely, it can […]
Rocks: Your Building Blocks to Success
Have you ever prepared to accomplish a big goal, like earning a college degree, or running a marathon? If you’ve ever run a marathon, you probably didn’t lace up your shoes one day and start running 26 miles without any training. Instead, you probably set your goal, then came up with several smaller goals to […]
