Implementer Posts
3 Ways to Supercharge Your Annual Planning
It’s that time again where we start thinking about annual planning for next year. Before becoming a Professional EOS Implementer, I used to work in corporate strategy helping small businesses develop massive, 40-page strategic plan documents. We’d have several brainstorming meetings, write tons of pages that would be reviewed and wordsmithed by tons of people until it was finally presented. Then all that work, which cost those businesses tons of time and money, would be put in a binder and never looked at again until next year’s planning session where they would remember all the things they had hoped to do this year and hadn’t done. Then we started the whole process over. The reality is, those organizations hadn’t bought into the plan and they weren’t held accountable on a regular basis to achieve that plan. This rarely had them achieving the results they had hoped for. Looking back at
Getting the Results You’re Looking For
After I introduce a business to the EOS Model and what it can bring to their organization through the complimentary virtual 90-Minute Meeting, many recognize the value it can bring them, but want to try and implement it themselves. I wish they could see what I have seen from others who have self-implemented before them. Self-implementation of EOS is like saying you will heal yourself when you break a bone instead of going to the doctor or knowing nothing about cars but deciding to replace your car engine instead of having a mechanic do it. Sure, you could do it. But you won’t achieve the same impactful results that you would have by going to a professional who has years of experience to help you. My Experience With over 20 years of experience in business transformation, strategic planning and merger integration, I have been working with businesses to help them
What If You Could Find MORE Time?
Giving You Back Time Reflect on where you’ve spent your time this past week. How much time was spent in meetings trying to solve your current issues or in follow-up discussions or stories being told around those same issues? What if I told you all those meetings and discussions could be eliminated and replaced by just 1 weekly meeting for your leadership team – where you’d solve not just the 1 big current issue, but several others. I get that for many businesses, time is money. When I start working with companies that are strapped for time for one reason or another, time management is one of the many challenges we solve. Implementing EOS can not only help you find time, but also: Solve your issues Keep our team aligned Get the right people in place Push your company to the next level All while taking only 6% of your total time. SIX PERCENT!
There’s Never a “Right” Time
When I’m talking to new potential clients who are considering implementing EOS into their business strategy, some of the most common concerns I hear from them is: I don’t know if now is the right time. We’re too busy right now. Maybe next quarter. Then suddenly next quarter turns into next year and you realize your business has seen little to no growth. No matter what you’ve tried, you’re still just as busy, or maybe even busier with new issues being added every day. As many business leaders continue to look for the new normal after COVID, the “right time” factor is especially true. Never a “Right” Time Let’s be real. There is and never will be a “right” time to do anything, especially when it comes to making decisions for your business. Leaders will always feel too busy with upcoming deadlines and managing the tedious tasks or unsure about
Make the Right Choices Now, Not Later
This month, I want to address the most common questions and concerns EOS Implementers hear from potential clients when they’re considering whether EOS is the right fit for them. Since each EOS Implementer and every business leader are unique, these may be insightful to you or someone you know. Last month, I talked about getting the right people in the right seats of your business to help you achieve your organizational goals and how tools from the EOS Toolbox can help you with getting the clarity you need when evaluating the people on your team. But what can EOS Implementation do when you don’t have a complete team to begin with? Or when you have a small team and contractors that make up your org chart? Or you’ve taken over a company, and think you might need a change to your leadership team? EOS and Team Building I work with a lot
Quantifying The Cost of a Wrong Person. Part 4 of 4
If your business has even one wrong person on the team, not only will it detract from your other employees but it will disrupt productivity and negatively impact company growth. They are slowly killing your business from the inside. Doing The Math, Wrong Employee’s Impact $$ I recently walked through the numbers with one of my clients. Here’s what we found This client has a simple product. There was a quality issue with a product and their employee decided it was “good enough” instead of correcting the issue or making it right. Measuring the $$ 6x cost of the product. A $25 cost became a $150 fix 1 Entire Day of productivity lost: 1 hour became 9 to fix the problem = that’s a lot of payroll dollars and lost productivity 3x the people involved to correct the issue. 2 employees became 5 employees & 1 manager involved in the