--- title: The Elephant In The Room description: Because there are very few secrets in most small businesses, management should not only assume that their employees are already aware of the tough issues facing the company, they should also be prepared to tackle and resolve issues threatening the business as soon as they arise. image: https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/elephant-in-room.jpg --- - [2020 EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) - Request a Speaker - [Become an EOS Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://eosimplementers.com/) - Contact - [**Login to Base Camp**](https://bc.eosworldwide.com) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [Blog](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog) [MENU](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/elephant-in-the-room#sidr) - What is EOS? - [EOS Model](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-model) - [EOS Process](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-process) - [EOS Toolbox](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-toolbox) - [EOS History & Team](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-story-team) - [EOS Implementers](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/what-is-an-eos-implementer) - Why EOS Works - [Why EOS Works](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/why-eos-works) - [Real World Results](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/testimonials) - [EOS Books](https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-library) - [EOS Tools](https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [**Get Started**](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/get-started) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://www.eosimplementers.com) - [Become an Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Contact](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/contact) - [Base Camp Login](https://basecamp.eosworldwide.com) - [Blog](http://blog.eosworldwide.com) - [Request a Speaker](https://www.eosworldwide.com/book-a-speaker) - [2020EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) Close ![Header-Placeholder.jpg](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eos-blog2.jpg?width=1678&name=eos-blog2.jpg "Header-Placeholder.jpg") ## EOS Worldwide Blog Advice and Insight for Entrepreneurs and Leadership Teams ##### Search the Blog : # [The Elephant In The Room](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/elephant-in-the-room) Written by[Ed Callahan](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/ed-callahan) on April 12, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [EOS](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos) [Issues List](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/issues-list) [Management](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/management) [Solving Issues](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/solving-issues) Nobody talks about the elephant in the room. It’s too uncomfortable. “It’s too embarrassing,” you think, “If I bring that subject up, then everyone will know about it.” But here’s the thing – people know about the elephant in the room, and ignoring it is causing more problems than it’s solving. ## ![elephant-in-room](https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/elephant-in-room.jpg)Everybody Already Knows Let’s face it. There are very few secrets in most small companies. Everybody already knows about it. If it’s that employee that you can’t bring yourself to terminate for poor performance, everyone knows about him already. In fact, they are probably upset with you for not doing anything about him and expecting them to work harder to compensate for him. If it’s that personal friend of yours, or of your family, who owes your company significant money or is taking advantage of your relationship in other ways that hurt the company, everybody knows. Every day that this continues, you lose respect in the eyes of your employees. ## Call It Out – Then Resolve It What elephant is in your room? What aren’t you dealing with? Resolve to name the elephant during your next meeting, and figure out how to deal with it – for good. You are hurting, not helping, your company more with every day that you wait. If you want to learn more about the power of addressing tough issues, [read this great article](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/enter-the-danger-exit-with-results) by my fellow EOS Implementer™, Connie Chwan. ## Next Steps - Learn how to tackle tough issues and make better and faster decisions. Download a free copy of the eBook, [Decide](https://www.eosworldwide.com/decide-book)! - How strong is your Issues Component™? 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