Every entrepreneurial company, regardless of size, never has enough people, money and time to accomplish all the goals its leaders can envision for it. Its the nature of the beast.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, People, Business
It feels like an oxymoron discussing process to entrepreneurial leaders, but I hope to make clear the value of marrying process and entrepreneurship.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, People, Business, Process
Shiny stuff is akin to the “sirens song” of Homer’s Odyssey, a promising beginning that ends with a bad result. Just as the sirens of mythology lured sailors to their deaths, “shiny stuff” could potentially sink your boat.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Business
A friend of mine who ministers to very poor communities in Mexico recently wrote, “Passion without organization produces frivolous fluff but organization without passion leads to lifeless and purposeless tedium.”
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Organization, Planning
Do All Your Employees Know Where Your Company is Going?
Written by Ed Callahan on January 19, 2012
All EOS companies use a two page document called the Vision/Traction Organizer (V/TO) to take a simple, effective approach to strategic planning. By answering the eight questions on the V/TO, they capture what hopefully was in their heads to begin with and make it available for all employees to see – who they are, what they are, where they are going, and how they are going to get there.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Employees, Business