Implementer Posts
Traction Tip: Avoiding Potholes
While I’m driving on the highway I have my eyes focused on the road up in front of me much more than behind me. Every once in a while I’ll check the side-view or rearview mirrors to confirm what’s going on around me. I’ll also occasionally check my dashboard to verify what is happening instantaneously. My mirrors and dashboard indicators will not help me avoid an upcoming pothole. I can only do that if I look ahead. Businesses operating on EOS® use their Scorecards in the same way: looking at the leading indicators to predict where their business is going and avoiding potential dips. While reviewing lagging indicators is a good practice, we have very little, if any, ability to change them. The idea of the Scorecard is to make changes when a measurable gets off-track so that we can accomplish two things: 1) get it back on track, so that
Traction Tip: LMA
100% Right People in the Right Seats. You have to have both to achieve a great vision for your business. Now that you have them, you want to retain these great people and that takes great leadership and great management. Businesses running on EOS® use “LMATM” (Leadership + Management = Accountability) to lead all of their people. Leadership is about the people – vision casting, developing relationships, supporting them, and growing them into new responsibilities (delegating some of yours). Management is about things – managing the environment, tasks, schedules and expectations. In addition to the weekly Level 10 Meeting(TM), bosses in EOS® business use a tool called 5-5-5(TM) to stay connected with their people in quarterly conversations. The 5-5-5 is a simple tool used to structure these two-way conversations. You may have more or less than 5 in each area, but “5-5-5” is easy to say and remember: 5 Core
You Don’t Have to be in Pain to Start EOS
Believe it or not, we have just finished the first quarter of 2022! As you look back over the last quarter, are you finding that you are 25% of the way towards your 1 year goals? If you are falling behind or struggling – or even if you reached your goals, but it was way harder than you wanted it to be – the Entrepreneurial Operating System offers tools and techniques to help you get back and stay on track from now on. And when you work with an implementer like me, you have someone to make sure your rewards are worthy of your hard work. What are the 5 Points of Pain? Even if your business is not struggling right now, it’s likely you’ve had to struggle in the past to achieve this level of stability. Most entrepreneurs know that once you break through one ceiling, you’ll eventually hit another
Integrators: An Integral Part of YOUR Leadership Team
Integrators: An Integral Part of YOUR Leadership Team In this episode of Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way, Jason Prentice and Jon Dornbos join Will Crist to discuss Jason’s business Outcomes COO. Jason founded Outcomes because he saw a need for integrators that could help visionaries reach their dreams. Now, the company utilizes fractional integrators to help entrepreneurs from across the country accomplish their lofty goals through the EOS Model. Throughout the episode, the trio discusses fractional integrators, how integrators help visionaries, the EOS Life, and much more! “I really believe in the system, and it’s just fun to get better and better and better at it. Each experience, each organization, each relationship that gets developed along the way is meaningful and has purpose.” Jon Dornbos, (32:48) The Integrator In 2020, Jason founded Outcomes to help entrepreneurs succeed in their vision. He had seen countless entrepreneurs struggle because they had
How to Get Better at Solving Issues by Asking Questions
You’ve been there in business multiple times. You have a glaring issue of some kind that is holding you back and that your team and organization avoids. Maybe it’s a people issue you’ve had forever. It might be a process that is lacking where you don’t believe you have the time to slow down and clarify and document it. Whether it’s a monstrosity of an issue or one that is inconvenient or awkward to solve, you end up sweeping it under the rug, avoiding it as long as possible or kicking it down the road. Only then does it come back to rear its ugly head even worse than before. Eventually, you get to the point of no return where the pain caused by the issue is so great you are forced to deal with it…And as you know, once you get to that point, it’s never fun, convenient or
L10 Meetings: Debunking 3 (and a half!) Myths
I’ll be honest: L10s are my favorite tool when organizations are beginning their EOS journey. They really open up the floor to honest discussion and collaboration between members of the leadership team, but L10 meetings are helpful for every other level of your organization, too. While cascading L10 meetings throughout your organization isn’t always easy, I have walked with dozens of leaders and, like any journey, there are some common frustrations that appear. Here are a few myths I’d like to address that may help ease some frustration. Myth 1: All L10s Must Be 90 Minutes As you’ve hopefully learned, every team tends to have different needs, and L10 meetings are no different. Some teams may require a little more time to work through the week’s issues while others may only require 20 minutes. That being said, while the meetings may not require the full 90 minutes, the agenda shouldn’t