When the Proverbial Bus is Real
November 3, 2026
Every succession conversation starts the same way. “What if someone gets hit by a bus?” Then the bus is real. Three years ago, the VP
Every succession conversation starts the same way. “What if someone gets hit by a bus?” Then the bus is real. Three years ago, the VP
Last night my phone rang with a call I never saw coming. Jon Fox, a fellow EOS Worldwide Implementer, called with a surprise. A leadership
Years ago I sat on a trading desk at a major Wall Street firm. One afternoon I overheard traders talking about what a whale was
I woke up in a cold sweat. My last session with this client was a stinker. It wasn’t tight. We wandered, and issues stayed open.
There’s a line every beat cop in New York knows. “You can do this the easy way or the hard way.” After 1,500 EOS sessions,
If your company has stalled, you’re not broken. You’re on schedule. A professional services firm I work with has sat at $25 million for two
My coaching client has commission breath. It’s the smell of needing the deal more than the buyer needs you. I know it well. It used
My cousin had an off-road checklist. One line said never drive into a creek you haven’t waded first. He took his Land Rover off-road in
Same issue. Same lack of progress. Same excuses. One leadership team had been living its own Groundhog Day for years. We were in the Batcave,
We’d been told no three times. That’s how “ice cream is for closers” became our battle cry. I got a last-minute speaking slot for EOS