--- title: What Relationship Do You Have With Your Issues List? description: If you tend to hide issues from your teammates, create issues through inconsistent job performance, or ignore long-standing issues for which you're responsible, think first about how you most frequently impact your company’s issues list and then commit to being a person who solves issues. image: https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/issues-list.jpg --- - [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/what-relationship-do-you-have-with-your-issues-list#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 : # [What Relationship Do You Have With Your Issues List?](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/what-relationship-do-you-have-with-your-issues-list) Written by[Mike Paton](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/mike-paton) on April 26, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [EOS Leadership Team](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos-leadership-team) [Issues List](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/issues-list) [IDS](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/ids) [Solving Issues](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/solving-issues) After a full and productive Annual Season with my clients, I’m always left reflecting on some common themes. This year, what resonated most was the relationship between members of a leadership team and a company’s Issues List. That reflection led me to a question every leader should ask: *"What verb describes how I most frequently impact our company’s Issues List?"* The only great answer to that question is “Solve.” Put simply, great leaders and managers **solve** issues. They’re comfortable raising their hands and admitting they have an issue. They’re good at IDS-ing it – identifying its root cause, discussing it briefly, and then solving it by agreeing on a plan of attack that will make the issue go away for the long-term, greater good of the organization. ![Solve issues on your Issues List](https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/issues-list.jpg) Sub-par leaders seem to be good at everything but that. They **hide** issues – concealing mistakes and weaknesses from their teammates. They **create** issues by not hitting their scorecard numbers, not completing their Rocks, and not doing their jobs consistently well. They **ignore** issues – even when they’ve been on the Issues List for several quarters and should be solved by the person who sits in their seat. Frankly, it’s maddening to watch – and I only spend one or two days per quarter with a client. I can only imagine how it feels for the other members of the leadership team, or the people who report to such a leader. They watch this behavior week in and week out in Level 10 Meetings™. The Issues Lists grow, the frustrations mount, and the team or the company never breaks through the ceiling. If that sounds familiar, please ask this question of yourself and your teammates (out loud) at your next Level 10 Meeting. Commit to being a person who most frequently **solves** issues. 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