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What If You’re Not the Right Person to Run Your Company?

“I’m not sure I’m the right person to run this company.”

As I started the EOS® process with a marketing agency, the CEO told his leadership team that he wasn’t sure that he was the right person to run the business. He gave everyone full permission to speak up at any time during their exercise if they thought he wasn’t the right person.

are-you-right-person.jpgIt was clear that he was anxious. He wanted to do the right thing for the team and the business, and he didn’t want any elephants in the room.

This CEO was unusualnot because of his doubts, but because of his honesty.

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Multiple Personalities Help Improve Team Dynamics

closeup of coworkers fist-bumping | improve your team dynamicsI have a client with two brothers on the leadership team, who disagreed about how to handle employee-challenge situations. The company has three locations with multiple shifts. Frustrations among midlevel managers were brewing when one of the leaders came across as harsh and cold over something that others considered to be a small issue. The trouble was that the leader didn’t have an awareness of how his actions affected the midlevel managers. They were frustrated, hurt, and demotivated by this repetitive behavior.

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Hold Your Employees Accountable without Damaging Company Culture

coworkers enjoying their work at a company that holds employees accountable without damaging company cultureMany business leaders have worked hard to build their company’s culture, only to realize that they’ve created a culture without accountability. There’s a healthy work/life balance and employees enjoy being together, but productivity isn’t as strong as it should be and no one seems to be on the same page.

Many leaders are afraid of being “the heavy” and ruining company culture by suddenly holding employees accountable for their work. How can you create accountability throughout your organization without damaging morale?

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The Biggest Reason You Don’t Accomplish More (And How to Fix It)

chalk tablet that says "Just say NO"Running a business isn’t easy. If you’re like most business leaders, you’ve got a lot you want to accomplish.

In a recent client session, the team had an a-ha moment while we were setting priorities for the next 90 days. They were frustrated because they felt like there was never enough time in the day to get stuff done. Even though they had clear priorities for the 90-day period, things just kept coming up throughout the quarter that they felt obligated to tackle right then. This put them over their time capacity.

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