It's a generally held opinion that you only get into the Football Hall of Fame as a quarterback if you have won a Super Bowl. Whether you agree with that unwritten quarterback rule or not, the point is that the Hall of Fame for all sports requires that for an athlete to be elected, the athlete must achieve beyond very high standards indeed.
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Employees, People, Business
Become a Successful Entrepreneur - Do Something Unreasonable
Written by Mike Paton on February 7, 2011
Seth Godin’s excellent blog post yesterday and one of my clients served to inspire this message. Godin offers one or two posts daily – generally short and packed with insight. If you’re not already a subscriber, it’s worth adding to your list.
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Business, Entrepreneur, Planning
Save 100 Hours in Confusion, Missteps, Miscommunications, and Train Wrecks This Year
Written by Gino Wickman on January 13, 2011
I trust you’re aware of the Issue Solving Track (IDS) that we teach in the EOS Process. It’s a simple and effective approach to issues resolution. If not, please download it here.
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Issues List
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
Business accountability in simplest terms means you do what you say you are going to do as a business. In contrast, the norm today is to over-promise and under-deliver. Dates and times mean almost nothing. Many companies can’t even hit within the time range they communicate. Charging above the quoted price has become so common, many of us have just come to expect it.
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Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Accountability, Business
