Anger management is a hot topic today because so many people are angry. Anger management in business is particularly a concern of mine because I have seen so much of it recently. If you have been in a business meeting where someone has “blown up” or “shut down”, you know what I mean. It’s very uncomfortable when it happens and leaves most of us pretty unclear as to what to do next.
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Issues List, People, Business, Management
If you’re like most small to medium size entrepreneurial companies, you’ve probably tried to visually display how your company is structured or organized. So what’s the best way to do that – with an accountability chart or an organizational chart? What’s the difference?
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Business Owner, Accountability, Organization, Business
How to Solve Business Problems – The Second Discipline
Written by Rene Boer on January 20, 2011
After capturing all your issues on your team’s Issues List – the first discipline – we now need to review the second discipline – how to solve business problems.
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Issues List, Team, People, Business
Solving Business Problems – Start With This Discipline
Written by Rene Boer on January 17, 2011
How often have you sent emails or left voice messages for team members, asking them to solve business problems without considering what else they are working on? In the rush to solve business problems, well-intentioned leaders and managers sometimes create unnecessary chaos and work for themselves and their direct reports. Have you ever solved what you thought was an important business problem only to realize you had created an even larger one by over-reacting or reacting too quickly? Or have you ever diverted key resources away from higher priorities to solve things that weren’t as important?
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Issues List, Team, Business
The acronym “S.M.A.R.T.” is a filter to create goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. Each is important to setting goals but it’s the last one, “timely” that creates the urgency necessary to achieve a goal. And, nothing ensures timeliness like a deadline. Setting and then meeting business deadlines creates traction, and traction is the real test of an effective, cohesive leadership team. Without traction people are just spinning their wheels.
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Accountability, Traction, Team, People, Business
