Growth has a way of exposing things that were much easier to live with when the business was smaller. Here’s how teams spot outdated processes, systems, and structures before the quick fixes that fueled early growth start blocking what comes next. The systems, habits, and structure that helped you get here might still be doing … Read more
Twenty-seven years ago, I was sitting in an electronics engineering lab staring at a screen full of static. Somewhere inside all that noise was the information I actually needed. The problem was, I couldn’t see it until I filtered everything else out. Years later, I realized I had created the same problem for myself running … Read more
One of the fastest ways to expose a fuzzy Vision is to put a leadership team through this visualization exercise. In a few minutes, it changes how leaders think about the 3-Year Picture before they even start filling it out. For companies new to the Entrepreneurial Operating System, the 3-Year Picture is one of the … Read more
A Quarterly Conversation gives you and your direct report dedicated time every 90 days to talk about things that don’t always surface during the normal workweek. You should both leave knowing what’s going well, what needs attention, and what needs to happen next. Quarterly Conversations are an important part of the EOS Meeting Pulse. But … Read more
The best EOS Scorecard metrics are the five to 15 weekly Measurables that give your team a clear pulse on the business and show where to act when something is off track. Most businesses already track plenty of data. The problem is that not all data helps your team run the business better each week. … Read more
I’ve spent a lot of my career watching entrepreneurs wait for certainty. Sometimes it’s around a hire. Sometimes it’s an investment or an idea they’re not quite ready to put into the world. I understand the instinct. Nobody wants to make the wrong call. But the entrepreneurs who tend to get what they want seem … Read more
