The very first time I meet with new clients in 90-minute discovery meeting, I emphasize how critical Same Page Meetings are to the success of a company.  Same Page Meetings, you may recall, are the periodic meetings between all owners, or between a Visionary and Integrator, to make sure you are in sync with regard to what’s going on in all areas of your company – with people (including each other), processes, customers, vendors, etc. – and solving issues. You should be holding Same Page Meetings at least once a month, and perhaps more frequently if you are in a Visionary-Integrator relationship.  Unfortunately, these meetings are sometimes neglected for various reasons, whether it’s a busy season (or a pandemic!) or a desire to avoid discussing contentious issues. The hard truth is that being busy or in the midst of crisis makes it more important than ever that you stick to Same Page Meetings. 

Leadership teams get very excited when they start solving long-standing issues as a result of implementing the EOS discipline of using the Issues Solving Track™, or IDS, in their meetings.  This is a 3-step problem-solving formula: 1. Identify the issue, 2. Discuss the issue, and 3. Solve the issue. From the beginning, most teams are good at the discussion step and are anxious to get to solve step.  But sometimes they’re disappointed when a solved issue pops up again, and they discover they missed the “I” and incorrectly identified the issue. This first step is often the most difficult to do correctly.  To solve issues permanently, you have to get to the root cause.  If you have a pesky issue that pops up again after you’ve solved it, it’s usually because you didn’t get all the way down to the root the first time. One question to solve issues permanently? To

“He had a big product launch coming up, and the feedback from his team was clear – you direct me too much and don’t let me do my job. It hurt, and yet it was exactly the nudge he needed because he respected his team and wanted to become more strategic in his role. He made the decision to change, and invited me, as his coach, along for the journey.” Think about yourself as a leader and imagine what you would hear if you asked everyone to give you feedback on the effectiveness of your leadership? Would an issue around delegation emerge? In my experience coaching leaders and working with leadership teams to implement EOS® in their business, I am invited into the conversation where feedback is given and received. This is a common story in any leadership journey where organizations strive to achieve something more from their business. In

Especially for Visionaries: Your team needs you to help them make some critical shifts Over the last few months I have found myself repeating the same question: “When you look around the organization, do you see the team playing more defense or offense?” One thing I have observed in some organizations during the onset of the pandemic, was a shift of things like cash, PPP, employee safety to the top of our list, and things like lead generation, client check-ins, and many of the activities that drive sales and deeper customer relationships stopped. As the visionary for your organization, I challenge you to do the following 3 things over the next few weeks: Watch the organization (including your own activities): Do you see more defense or offense from the team? With your Integrator (at your same page meeting), take a look at your leadership team: Which departments are working well together and which