Add This To Your “Don’t Do” List
Because our biggest successes in business often occur when we make good choices about what to do and what not to do, put this imperative on your Don’t Do List today: Stop discussing the past!
Rocks for All
Rocks are defined as the 3 to 7 most important things that must get done in the next 90 days, and it’s critical that everyone in your organization sets rocks.
Issues, To-Do’s, and Rocks…Oh My!
Compartmentalizing will help you manage all the “stuff” and eliminate all of the other lists in your organization. It will provide a simple system that every leader can follow. Once you master this at the leadership team level, then have each department live by the same system.
Why Millennials Will Love EOS® – Part 2
In Why Millennials Will Love EOS® – Part 1 we said that millennials, who were raised in a different time than we Boomers and Gen-Xers, think differently. They have very specific expectations for information and for their work environments. TheVision/Traction Organizer™ and the Accountability Chart provide the vision, big picture, and culture that millennials need to understand and to be engaged.
Do You Treat Your Rocks As A Separate Job?
Over the last few months, I’ve been hearing a common theme among my clients. They keep saying, “I have a day job and a Rock job.” At first that confused me a little bit. Then I realized that one of two things is true. One possibility is that we chose the wrong Rocks for the quarter. The second possibility is that the team member is spending most of their time on useless activities.
How to Complete 100% of Your Team’s Weekly To Dos Every Time
Are you frustrated that everything isn’t getting done from one meeting to the next? You’re not alone! Many of my client leadership teams have expressed similar frustrations over the last year. Frustrations were cropping up in two main areas that had a low completion percentage:
- Rocks – the priorities that people committed to over the last 90 days
- To Dos – 7-day action items that come out of weekly meetings
Teams were only seeing completion rates of 40-50% of their To Dos, but they drastically increased their weekly completion percentage to 90%+ consistently.
Want to see your team’s completion rate skyrocket like that? Here are 7 steps to getting all of your team’s To Dos done every week.