Implementer Posts
4 Signs it’s Time to Level Up Your Business
Do you have kiddos graduating this spring? I’ve got two! My son is finishing high school and heading off to college, and my daughter is wrapping up college and stepping into the “real” world (yikes!). It’s a wild season – exciting, a little messy, and full of growth. And not just for them. If you’re a small business owner, this might be a good time for you to reflect and grow, too. Keep reading for 4 telltale signs your business is ready to graduate to the next level in your professional journey. What it Means to Level Up Graduation marks the end of one chapter – and the beginning of what’s coming next. Think about how this applies to your business. You worked hard to get where you are today. Maybe you pieced it together in the beginning, grinded all hours of the night, and figured things out. However you
EOS On The Field: How The Detroit Lions Use The EOS Framework to Win
2024 has been an exciting year for us Detroit Lions fans. From the Lions’ versatile offense and top third-down defense to their ability to play good football in any environment, the Lions are just “built to win,” says Coach Dan Campbell. In fact, many fans are going so far as to call them the best team in the NFL right now.
Core Values Aren’t a Marketing Strategy
Too many companies treat core values like a branding exercise. A handful of broad, agreeable words slapped onto the About page or on a poster in the break room in the hope they will make the business look more principled. But core values are not about appearances. They’re not aspirational. They’re not supposed to sound good for the outside world. They’re supposed to be true to you and your company. When I work with leadership teams through EOS, we don’t invent core values—we discover them. Because they’re already there. In how your best people show up. In what you reward, tolerate, and protect. In the way your team instinctively handles pressure or opportunity. True core values: They come from honest reflection. From deep conversation. From noticing patterns across your team’s best moments—and your worst. It’s not dry analysis; it’s more like archaeology. You’re digging into who you already are at
Core Focus: Saying No to a Thousand Good Ideas
Clarity is a gift. And in business, it’s a rare one. Most entrepreneurial teams aren’t starving for ideas. They’re overwhelmed by them. A new product, a new market, a new hire with a fresh direction. It’s easy to believe that “the next thing” and growth is just one big idea away–and it sometimes is… But without focus, ideas become distractions. And distraction, at scale, becomes drift. When I was running my first restaurant, I made what I thought was a bold, ambitious move: I opened a second location. We were only a year and a half into the first one, and while it was going well, I hadn’t yet really dialed in the first one–figuring out what we were really best at or how to replicate it. I thought expansion would create momentum. It did. But not the kind I wanted. The distraction of a second location stretched me too
Are You Accidentally Giving Your Rocks a Two-Week Holiday?
Right then. Let’s clear up a common bit of confusion I keep seeing: The due date for your Rocks is not the end of your financial quarter. Nope. Wrong. Stop it. That’s just when your accountants get excited and measure the numbers. The real due date for Rocks is the date of your quarterly meeting. That’s when you all get in a room, figure out what’s been achieved, and set yourselves up for the next 90 days. Now, why’s that the case? Let’s apply some logic (and maybe a pint or two of common sense). At your quarterly, you need to know—with a high degree of certainty—whether you hit your targets for revenue, profit, and measurables. And you also need to be in the right headspace to set the new ones. For most teams, that means you can’t hold the meeting bang on the last day of the financial quarter.
The Value of the Challenge
Hiking in the mountains is one of my favorite things to do in the summer. There is something about spending time in nature, with all the sounds, smells and sights, that just frees my mind, allowing me to get a new perspective on my business, my clients or even my life. Invariably, my hikes take me through some challenging sections. Whether it is a climb up to a summit, a scramble down a treacherous decline, or even some rather monotonous prairie crossings, at some point I’m going to have to dig deep and find motivation to keep going. Sometimes the motivation comes from the promise of a breathtaking view of a mountain, other times it comes from the desire to improve mental toughness, and sometimes it is the promise of a cold beer back at the truck. And honestly, sometimes it is the simple fact that the path forward is