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One of the most critical things for any business is creating a Great Team. In EOS, the People Component is all about building a great team, what we call “getting the Right People in the Right Seats”. In a recent post, I talked about cultural fit – what we call “Right People”. Today, I’d like

EOS’ Proven Process begins with three full-day sessions with the Leadership Team. In the first, Focus Day, I teach the Leadership Team the EOS tools that lay the foundation for execution – what we call Traction®. In the ensuing two sessions – which occur 30 and 60 days after Focus Day – we review and

In our first session working with a new organization, we explain that being a great Leadership Team is a lot like being great parents (acknowledgement here to Dr. Thomas Gordon and his book Parent Effectiveness Training). We teach that great Leadership Teams – like great parents – have just a handful of rules. Later in the

The journey I lead with my clients is to help them become at least 80% strong across the six key components of their business: Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process and Traction. Recently, a client proudly proclaimed themselves to be 80% strong in their People component because they had run the People Analyzer (the tool that

Where are the Big Issues? In the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), the second day of the two-day Annual Planning Meeting includes several hours just for solving issues. On the second day of a recent Annual Planning Meeting, the Visionary interrupted the proceedings. He said, somewhat exasperated, “guys, we have only an hour left. Why aren’t

“One of them has to go”, the Integrator said. The other members of the Leadership Team nodded their heads in grim agreement. “Maybe both”, said the Ops Leader, “We may have two ‘Wrong People’.” Jen, Production Manager, and Dave, HR Specialist, seemed to hate each other. Every time they worked together it was a fight.