At the end of every EOS Meeting, whether that’s a day with your EOS Implementer or a weekly Level 10 Meeting, we ask the team to rate how we have done as a team in this meeting, where 1 is terrible and 10 is awesome. If anyone scores less than an 8 then they are asked to explain why and what could be done to improve the meeting. I am privileged to run a lot of EOS Session Days with clients and also sit in on a lot of Level 10 meetings with clients. If a Session Day scores low then I will take responsibility for what I could do to improve it and I also ask the participants why they didn’t insist in getting what they needed out of it. We use this a way to self-correct and improve in the next session. It’s similar in Level 10 Meetings.

Imagine you arrive at the office one Monday morning. You flip on your laptop, go get a cup of coffee, and come back to your desk – only to discover the blue screen of death. Your laptop is completely unresponsive and you can’t do a thing, because your operating system (OS) has crashed. Without an OS, your laptop can’t function. And without an operating system for your company, your organization can’t function, either. Like your computer, your business needs an operating system to organize the way the organization functions. An OS ensures smooth communication between your leadership team and all your employees.   Businesses that run on a dependable operating system seem to run themselves. Businesses that don’t have an operating system feel like they’re out of control – no one is on the same page, employees are all rowing in different directions, the same problems keep popping back up,

I’ve noticed a pattern recently. In meeting with several leadership teams for the first time, I always ask the questions, “What do you want from your business? What’s your big goal?” And lately I’ve heard the same answer from business owners at three different businesses: I want a business that can run itself. I want to be on vacation for a month and have no one notice! But how can you build a business that runs itself when your company has hit the ceiling?   When Your Business Hits the Ceiling Every business and leadership team gets stuck at some point on the journey. They hit the ceiling in three ways: As a company – plateauing at a certain revenue or profit level Departmentally – for example, Sales might be coming in the door great, but Operations struggles to keep up Individually – on the journey of growth, the company

I met with an engineering firm in southeast Michigan, that was in danger of imploding. Before they started using the Entrepreneurial Operating System®, they were a $4.5 million company with 40 employees. On the surface, they seemed like a successful company with a bright future. But they had a major problem that threatened to undo them, and it was only a matter of time before the company fell apart.   Big Problems for a Small Business The company’s three partners were doing the bulk of the heavy lifting, running around constantly putting out fires. They didn’t actually know what the main problem with their business was – they just knew that there was no way to get everything done and live a more balanced life. The partners were working as hard as they could, hoping that would be enough. They were excited and energized, but they were also stressed out

Many entrepreneurs are frustrated because they aren’t getting what they want from their business. Most of them don’t understand why they’ve hit the ceiling, and they’re left spinning their wheels without gaining any traction. Wondering why you aren’t getting what you want from your business? It comes down to one or more of the following seven business problems.   You’re Doing It All Yourself If you’re like most business owners, you have a hard time letting go of your business. When you first started, you had to do everything, because you were the only one to do it. But now that you have people who are accountable to various core processes, you need to let go and trust them to do the work they excel at. You can’t do it all. No one can. And the most successful entrepreneurs in the world are those who know what to let go

If you’re like many entrepreneurs, you started your business with the goal of living the ideal entrepreneurial lifestyle. You wanted the freedom that comes from a business that runs itself so that you could enjoy the good life—whatever that might look like for you. But instead of entrepreneurial freedom, you feel like a slave to your business. It doesn’t run itself, and you’re spending all of your energy to keep it from organizational chaos.   EOS® is designed to help you achieve the entrepreneurial lifestyle you dream of. Combine these seven practical disciplines and the simple tools of EOS to enjoy the good life that comes from a business that runs itself. Get Your Leadership Team Aligned If your leadership team doesn’t have alignment, you’ll constantly be spinning your wheels as each team member tries to pull the organization in a different direction. But with a tightly aligned team, your