--- title: EOS Worldwide Blog | Tips & Advice for Entrepreneurs and Leaders of Growing Companies | Core Values (4) description: Core Values | Leadership tips and advice for using the Entrepreneurial Operating System to get powerful results from your business. (4) --- - [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/topic/core-values/page/4#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 : ## [Are High-Performers Holding Your Company Hostage?](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/are-high-performers-holding-your-company-hostage) Written by[Rene Boer](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/rene-boer) on October 10, 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/lock-and-key.jpg)](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/are-high-performers-holding-your-company-hostage) You may have inherited, hired, or promoted people who you’ve recognized and rewarded for exceptional production and output—only to hear rumblings that they're getting those results in ways that damage your company’s reputation, aggravating fellow team members and undermining everything that you’re trying to accomplish for the long term. These are usually me-first versus we-first people who put their interests before the [Core Values](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6IPqzDhmbY) of the organization. In the meantime, they continue to produce results, but they get those results in ways that go against the company culture. In other words, while they are highly productive short-term, they're killing your company long-term. [Read More](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/are-high-performers-holding-your-company-hostage) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/are-high-performers-holding-your-company-hostage#comments-listing) Topics: [People](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/people), [Core Values](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/core-values), [How to Be a Great Boss](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/how-to-be-a-great-boss) ## [Leading Without Passion is like Walking Through a Wasteland](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/leading-without-passion-walking-through-wasteland) Written by[Kurt Schneiber](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/kurt-schneiber) on July 21, 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://clearhorizonleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/leading-without-passion-is-like-walking-through-a-wasteland-2.jpg)](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/leading-without-passion-walking-through-wasteland) Have you ever met people who exude passion from their pores? These individuals believe in their cause so much they live and breathe it 24 hours a day. In sports, these are the coaches and athletes who lead with enthusiasm, conviction and heart. Think Peyton Manning and Brett Favre. Passion propels them right through obstacles, exhibiting personal sacrifice and sustained discipline to win championships. In business, these are managers, entrepreneurs, and CEOs who lead with the same vitality; they are tenacious, and manage with passion. [Read More](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/leading-without-passion-walking-through-wasteland) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/leading-without-passion-walking-through-wasteland#comments-listing) Topics: [People](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/people), [Company Culture](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/company-culture), [Core Values](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/core-values) ## [A Cancer That Can Kill Your Business](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/cancer-that-can-kill-your-business) Written by[Don Tinney](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/don-tinney) on July 5, 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/eos-cancer-kill-your-business.jpg)](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/cancer-that-can-kill-your-business) There are interesting parallels between cancer in a human body and cancer in an organization and it all has to do with what’s going on at our core. Just as corrupting cancer cells attack the healthy cells and core functions of the body, something just as cancerous attacks healthy team members and the core of our business. Serious damage will occur if we don’t detect and treat the cancer early. [Read More](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/cancer-that-can-kill-your-business) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/cancer-that-can-kill-your-business#comments-listing) Topics: [EOS Leadership Team](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos-leadership-team), [Core Values](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/core-values) ## [Puppies and Stars](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/puppies-stars-hire-slow-fire-fast) Written by[Alex Freytag](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/alex-freytag) on January 21, 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/Puppies_Stars.jpg)](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/puppies-stars-hire-slow-fire-fast) We’ve all heard the phrase “[Hire slowly and Fire fast](http://blog.eosworldwide.com/blog/141616/eos/hire-slow-fire-fast/#axzz3xc7ZRRFB),” but most companies do the exact opposite. We're quick to hire people because we have a need and we want someone in that seat, now! When people aren’t working out though, we kick the can down the road. Fingers crossed, we plod forward trying to grow our companies with the wrong people. [Read More](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/puppies-stars-hire-slow-fire-fast) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/puppies-stars-hire-slow-fire-fast#comments-listing) Topics: [People](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/people), [Core Values](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/core-values) ## [Difficult Personnel Decisions](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/difficult-personnel-decisions) Written by[Ed Callahan](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/ed-callahan) on December 3, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/Difficult_personnel_decisions.jpg)](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/difficult-personnel-decisions) Jim Collins famously admonishes all business owners and leaders in his classic book,[Good To Great,](http://www.jimcollins.com/article_topics/articles/good-to-great.html) “Before you begin your business journey, get all the right people on the bus, get all the wrong people off the bus and make sure that everyone on the bus is in the right seat”. Every business owner  I speak to knows this to be true. No one  disputes the logic. So why don’t more leaders act on it? [Read More](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/difficult-personnel-decisions) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/difficult-personnel-decisions#comments-listing) Topics: [People](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/people), [Core Values](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/core-values) [< Previous](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/core-values/page/3) | [All Posts](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/all)| [Next >](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/core-values/page/5) ![eos-tools-dark.jpg](http://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/eos-tools-dark.jpg "eos-tools-dark.jpg") ## Unlock The Toolbox. Simple tools that empower entrepreneurs to get what they want from their businesses. 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