I live in Aledo, Texas, which boasts the most successful high school football program in Texas history. Friday Night Lights isn’t fiction. It’s a real way of life here. “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.” The Aledo Bearcats have a district-winning streak dating back to 2007 that currently stands at 125 straight wins. Most of … Read more
How a single metric per seat turns heroic management into predictable execution. The Moment the Front Line Took the Wheel Brian ran a 110-person logistics company that felt like a game of whack-a-mole. Dispatchers scrambled, drivers improvised, billing clerks chased missing paperwork. The Leadership Team reviewed its company-level Scorecard every Monday, but the results rarely … Read more
Jim Collins said it best: “Get the right people in the right seats.” In EOS, that idea is more than inspiring—it’s the foundation of a strong People Component, one of the Six Key Components of the EOS Model. If you want to grow your business without growing pains, your first step is making sure you’ve … Read more
Turn 10-Year dreams into this-week victories by translating vision into numbers every seat can hit. The Day Big Vision Finally Hit the Factory Floor Out in Lancaster County, Harvest Hearth Foods had a crystal-clear V/TO. The 45-person, family-owned company wanted to “become the most trusted artisanal-bread brand in the Mid-Atlantic, hitting $35 million in revenue … Read more
You’ve built the roles. You’ve drawn the org charts. You’ve assembled the teams. So why does it still feel…off? Why are responsibilities unclear, tasks slipping, and accountability hard to pin down? The problem isn’t the chart. It’s that org charts are built for hierarchy, not accountability. Most companies rely on an organizational chart showing who … Read more
If you want to get everything you want for your business, make your V/TO a shopping list… not a wish list.
