I find it very interesting that Gino and I both felt compelled by our recent experiences working with leadership teams, to write about clarity. If you missed it, see Gino’s recent post. We’re both recommending the same solution, coming at it from a little bit different angles.
Topics: Clarity Break Thought, Implementers, EOS, Clarity
Answer “Yes” or answer “no”. But, don’t say “maybe”. “Maybe” is noncommittal and it rarely buys you time.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Clarity
It’s a really strange time right now—kind of like a whipsaw—due to the chaos and massive cuts companies endured to survive in 2008 and ‘09 and then some relatively good growth in 2010 and ‘11 on the same amount of reduced resources. Leaders are in a frenzy right now due to the lack of capacity and certainty.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Growth, Clarity
Delivering Happiness is Tony Hsieh’s (pronounced Shay) story of how he and a few close friends founded Zappos.com, which they eventually sold to Amazon for $1.2B.
Topics: Implementers, EOS
Have you ever taken on a renovation project that became something more than you expected? You started out thinking you were just going to make some cosmetic improvements, but as you got into it, found termites, or some other issue, and had to take the renovation work right down to the structure. All of a sudden you’re thinking, “What did I get myself into?”
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Issues List, Process