Makarios Consulting Blog

Month: January 2020

Make Your Priorities a Priority

There are many forms of self-sabotage when it comes to reaching your goals, whether those are goals for your life or goals for your job. For example, one of our friends has a sign on her desk that says “I don’t procrastinate … I reschedule!” While procrastination is a very obvious form of self-sabotage, prioritization… Continue reading Make Your Priorities a Priority

Organizational Clarity Requires Candid Conversations

Achieving organizational clarity requires many leadership skills. The ability to have a candid conversation is one of the essentials. The need for candor was impressed upon me again recently when I (Rip) was working with a client to implement the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®). We had already put effort into thinking about how their business… Continue reading Organizational Clarity Requires Candid Conversations

Get Onboard with Good Onboarding

You’ve recruited top candidates for your open position. Assessed the resumes. Held the interviews. Made your selection. Finalized the hire. That empty gap on your team is filled! With a huge sigh of relief, you wipe your hands of the whole complicated hiring process and get back to your real work. Right? Wrong. If you… Continue reading Get Onboard with Good Onboarding