This collection of tools will help you move from surviving to thriving.
Inspired by Gino Wickman’s Traction and the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), this page is your guide to gaining clarity, discipline, and focus in your business. EOS provides simple, practical tools designed to help entrepreneurs master the six key components of their businesses—Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Traction. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your team, streamline operations, or achieve your long-term goals, this collection of tools will help you move from surviving to thriving, empowering you to create a business that runs like a well-oiled machine.
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Clarity Break
- Make the time to save time: Take one hour in a quiet place, ideally not the office
- This is not a time to catch-up: No distractions: no email, Slack or other notifications.
- Thinking not doing: it’s tempting to start acting on the answers to these questions, don’t! There will be time for that later.
- this is as much about you as it is your business: Notice these questions include words like: “I, Me and My”
The questions
- Is the Vision and Plan for the business on track?
- What is my number one goal?
- Am I focusing on the most important things?
- Do I have the Right People in the Right Seats to grow?
- What is the one “people move” that I must make this quarter?
- How strong is my team on the bench?
- If I lose a key player, do I have someone ready to fill the seat?
- Are my processes working well?
- What seems overly complicated that must be simplified?
- Do I understand what my direct reports truly love to do and are great at doing?
- Am I leveraging their strengths?
- What can I delegate to others in order to use my time more effectively?
- What can I / we do to be more proactive versus being reactive?
- What can I do to improve communication?
- What’s my top priority this week? This month? This quarter?
Taken from the excellent book: Traction
Clarity Break
- Make the time to save time: Take one hour in a quiet place, ideally not the office
- This is not a time to catch-up: No distractions: no email, Slack or other notifications.
- Thinking not doing: it’s tempting to start acting on the answers to these questions, don’t! There will be time for that later.
- this is as much about you as it is your business: Notice these questions include words like: “I, Me and My”
The Questions:
- Is the Vision and Plan for the business on track?
- What is my number one goal?
- Am I focusing on the most important things?
- Do I have the Right People in the Right Seats to grow?
- What is the one “people move” that I must make this quarter?
- How strong is my team on the bench?
- If I lose a key player, do I have someone ready to fill the seat?
- Are my processes working well?
- What seems overly complicated that must be simplified?
- Do I understand what my direct reports truly love to do and are great at doing?
- Am I leveraging their strengths?
- What can I delegate to others in order to use my time more effectively?
- What can I / we do to be more proactive versus being reactive?
- What can I do to improve communication?
- What’s my top priority this week? This month? This quarter?