My next step forward in this series on developing effective leaders and managers is to address an issue common to almost every leadership team I’ve worked with – indecision.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Team, Management, Process
At EOS Worldwide, we believe Entrepreneurial Utopia exists and that it is achievable. By our definition, Entrepreneurial Utopia is not an imaginary place of ideal perfection; it’s an ideal condition inside organizations that is reality, especially for those who won’t settle for anything less. If you’ve been there, you know exactly what we mean.
Entrepreneurial Utopia exists in organizations where:
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Traction, Organization, People, Entrepreneur
In prior posts, I have discussed various aspects of structuring your business properly. In this post, I want to just focus on making ongoing adjustments to your structure.
Adding new positions or seats to your company structure, changing your Accountability Chart , can have a significant functional and financial impact on your company, so such decisions need to be made carefully with the right people sitting at the table. The same is true when you remove seats. Keep in mind, even when you see things clearly as one leader or manager, others may not be seeing the same thing, so you must always strive for getting everyone on the same page.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Accountability, Business
First note that I have changed the title of the series from Leadership Development to Leadership Team Development. Leadership and management only has relevance in the context of an organization - leading and managing people. Any business organization has at least 4 major functions that must be driven and managed for the business to succeed. As displayed in our June 1, 2010 post, they are:
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Finance, Team
Are great leaders born or do they develop over time?
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Organization, People, Management