Data Driven decisions means cutting through all the feelings, personalities, opinions and egos, boiling your organization down to a handful of objective numbers, and giving you an absolute pulse on your business. In fast moving, entrepreneurial organizations, decisions are often made based upon “subjectives” – agendas, opinions, the loudest voice, the squeakiest wheel, or the most recent customer feedback. But good decision-making requires an accurate perspective on the business, and subjectives can lead to decisions that take a business down the wrong path. The way to avoid that is to cut through all the subjectives with real, hard data so the leadership team is managing by fact, not emotion. Nothing gives a leadership team a better pulse on what is REALLY happening in the business than a great scorecard, comprised of the critical measures that tells you exactly where you are. In EOS, the Weekly Scorecard is a rolling thirteen-week

Issues processing means becoming great at solving problems throughout the organization – setting them up, knocking them down and making them go away forever. Does addressing issues  ever feel like a deja vu experience, where your discussion of an issue sounds vaguely like something else you already thought you fixed?  Welcome to the game we call “Issue Whack-a-Mole”.  That’s the one where you think you’ve solved a problem only to find it popping up again someplace else. The truth is most issues companies struggle with aren’t really THE issue at all. They are symptoms of underlying root causes that never really get identified, let alone addressed.  Successful companies aren’t successful because they have no problems, they are successful because they are really good at identifying issues, digging deep to find the root causes of those issues and then finding a permanent solution. EOS has a clearly defined structure for smoking out issues, managing

EOS process means “systemizing” your business by identifying and documenting the core processes that define your way to run your business. Is your business doing great, but you stay awake at night because you are one resignation away from complete disaster?  Do your intellectual property, refined processes, and core systems reside in a person instead of a system?  Does the thought of documentation bring up bad memories of 1,000 standard operating procedures that no one actual follows?  Do you feel there isn’t a good answer? The EOS process component is all about simplifying documentation to ensure its written down and followed by all.  The process starts by: Identifying your core processes Simplifying those processes Documenting your core processes in simple terms Gaining agreement that this IS the way we do business. EOS takes an entrepreneurial 80/20 approach to process documentation by focusing on the critical few. When your business is

Traction means becoming great at execution, by bringing discipline and accountability into the organization. So, you’ve started to implement many different leadership or business systems only to have them fall by the wayside within 90 days.   Business planning and budgeting almost seems like dieting at this point. You know you should do it.  You know its important.  You know if you stick to it you’ll feel better.  And you know if you could get the team more involved you wouldn’t have to work 70+ hours.  But it never seams to stick. Traction is the component of EOS that really makes it different, because Vision without Traction is hallucination.  Traction is about breaking objectives into action: what do individuals have to do this week and this quarter to meet your business objectives.  Traction starts with: Weekly Level 10 meetings Identifying rocks and owners Identifying issues and owners Identifying solutions and owners Identifying timelines

Why Work With an EOS Implementer? Throughout my years as an implementer, I have encountered numerous companies that choose to self-implement EOS, and trust me, I get it. After reading Traction, it’s easy to feel like you have everything you need to successfully implement EOS on your own. While some leadership teams may be able to do this, others may have a lot of questions and need guidance on how to implement all the tools in your Toolbox. That’s what an EOS implementer is for! An Implementer isn’t Necessary – But it is Helpful Picture this: you have decided to buy and install a brand new surround sound system by yourself. Your new investment will not only help you hear your TV and music better, it will improve your life overall. Even though you have all the equipment and tools to do it yourself,  you begin to run into issues and

By John Haney, Certified EOS Implementer In collaboration with Ellie Cramer, Executive Assistant   Do you feel like you have a grip on your business or does it feel like your business is running you? Are you wondering what it would be like if you could reach the next level and overcome the challenges you’re facing? Good news…you can! Bad news… you have to let go of some things you’re holding onto! Many of the entrepreneurs and business owners I help share that they want to break through the ceiling they’re hitting. When pressed further, they admit they can’t help clinging to things that are holding them back. Some believe it’s a time management issue. If there were more hours in the day, things that need to get done would get done. The truth is time will always be a limiting factor. No matter how much we cram into our