My friend Duane Marshall is an implementor for the EOS Process. Here is a summary of what EOS has learned from 1,000+ sessions with business owners and their teams:
1. It's all about healthy relationships. Are you proud to have each person sitting across from you on your leadership team, and do you feel he or she has your back?
2. People do a lot of things right on the way up. . A lot of times, as soon as you think you've got it figured out, you lose your edge and start bad habits. Are you taking your success for granted?
3. There is no easy business. Many think so. I haven't seen one yet. The grass isn't any greener. Stop looking over the fence-it's dangerous.
4. Most people would rather not solve their problems.
5. Build a culture, not a company. Leaders who constantly focus on their core values and make every decision with them in mind find that everything is a little easier.
6. It still always comes back to The Six Key Components. (Get the book) How strong are your Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Traction Components?
7. Slow down to go fast. Leaders who take time off, work "on" the business frequently, take clarity breaks, and plan with their teams actually grow faster and get more done.
8. Leaders obsessed with providing value to their customers have fewer issues. The ones who obsess stay ahead. If you don't clearly know what your customers love about you-and what they don't-you're missing the point.
9. Establishing and accomplishing quarterly Rocks and weekly To-Dos will have the fastest impact on your organization. This requires no additional explanation. Of everything we do for clients, this gets the fastest results.
10. Staying on the same page is vital. Are you seeing eye-to-eye with all of your people?
11. Most leaders are terrible time and project managers. Most people have trouble laying out and executing a plan of attack for their most important tasks, special projects, and big goals.
12. Doing the right thing gets you further in the long run, although not always in the short run.
13. The fear of doing something is always greater than the actual doing of it. This applies to everything. Are you letting fear slow you down? Enter the danger. Do it! It will catapult you.
