You have your ‘Rocks’ (near-term priorities) and your weekly scorecard in place, keeping you focused and giving you incredibly valuable data. Now what? Enter the Level 10 Meeting™, which is a tool we teach our clients who use the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®). This agenda format helps leadership teams focus on resolving tough issues in… Continue reading Getting Rid of Pesky Elephants: The Level 10 Meeting™
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Tally Up the Scorecard
Last week, we wrote about how important near-term priorities (Rocks) are to keep your team focused and build a strong sense of accomplishment. This week, we’re focusing on how to track performance on a weekly basis. The Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®) that we teach many of our clients encourages leadership teams to keep a weekly… Continue reading Tally Up the Scorecard
Get Your Rocks in a Row
Near-term priorities are known as ‘rocks’ in many companies who use the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)®. When helping our clients get focused in their business, we help them to set ‘Rocks.’ Rocks are the three to seven most important near-term priorities they need to execute in the next 90 days. These tasks should be essential… Continue reading Get Your Rocks in a Row
Fuzzy With a Chance of Blurry
Two critical things muddle the lines of accountability in a company: 1) blurred roles and 2) fuzzy responsibilities. We’ve all been there. You take a job and it turns out that you’re doing four or five people’s jobs. And no one seems to know where the responsibilities begin and end. When roles and responsibilities are… Continue reading Fuzzy With a Chance of Blurry
What We Have Here is a Failure to Execute
It’s a new year. You and your team have just taken a fresh look at your strategic direction and established specific goals for this year. The strategy is clear; the goals are lofty. Here’s where it gets tricky and where many leaders fail to bring their strategy to life. As 2016 approaches, let’s take a… Continue reading What We Have Here is a Failure to Execute
First Impressions and the Feedback Statement
Feedback is a powerful tool in the communication process. We define the “feedback statement” as the first one or two sentences spoken by the person giving the feedback, which explain to the recipient why the conversation is taking place. Think of a feedback statement as a first impression. That first impression is difficult to shake,… Continue reading First Impressions and the Feedback Statement