In summary, successful businesses operate with a crystal clear vision that is shared by everyone. They have the right people in the right seats. They have a pulse on their operations by watching and managing a handful of numbers on a weekly basis. They identify and solve issues promptly in an open and honest environment. They document their process

I’m always amused when a client looks at another industry and says, “I wish I were in that business. It’s so much simpler.” I’ll think to myself, “Oh, if they only knew.” In other words, I’ve yet to see a single business that is easy to run. They all take work. Success in one kind of industry doesn’t necessarily dictate success in another. You can

You now map out your entire organization using the Accountability Chart structure. Illustrate all of the functions in your organization and which function they report to, and then list the five major roles of that function. Determine if you have a visionary in your organization. If you do, illustrate it clearly.

GWC stands for get it, want it, and capacity to do it.

THE EOS WEEKLY MEETING PULSE Who: The leadership team Where: The office conference room Duration: 90 minutes Frequency: Every Week

Envision all of your direct reports’ responsibilities, problems, and issues as monkeys. When your direct report walks into your office with a problem, he or she is trying to leave his or her monkey with you. At the end of the day, after multiple people have walked into your office with their problems and left them with you, you end up with 20 monke

To illustrate the three major functions, picture three boxes side by side by side. In the box to the left, you have the first major function: sales and marketing. In the middle box is the second: operations. In the box to the right, you have the third: finance and administration. You may call them by different names, but those are the three major f

Once your speech is written, delivered, and incorporated into your hiring process, it will become common language within your organization, and that’s where your core values will start to come to life.

You can effectively communicate the company vision in three events: 1. Have a company kickoff meeting and unveil your clearly defined vision (the V/TO). This is an opportunity to share your newly created core value speech for the first time. Make sure to include question-and-answer time. 2. Every 90 days, have a short (no more than 45-minute) state