Signs your business needs to gain Traction® by implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System®
You are not getting the results you want
Vision is unclear and not shared by all
The right people are not in the right seats
Unable to consistently get the most important priorities accomplished
Internal meetings fail to effectively solve issues
What is EOS®?
EOS®, the Entrepreneurial Operating System®, is a complete set of simple and practical tools to help entrepreneurs get what they want from their business. Implementing EOS® will help leadership teams get better at three things:
Vision
Traction®
Healthy
My name is Bret Starr and I am the founder and CEO of The Starr Conspiracy. We are a 60-person integrated business-to-business marketing agency. Truth be told, we were running a pretty good agency before we implemented EOS. Our client satisfaction and employee satisfaction consistently exceed industry norms. However, we knew we could do more and be more if we applied a more diligent approach to “working on the business” along with “working in the business.” We’ve been working with Tom Barrett for nearly a year now, and the operating system he has helped us implement to manage our business has opened up our opportunities for growth by an order of magnitude (in the truest sense of that phrase — we have 10x the opportunity now than we did before working with Tom to implement EOS. It’s not easy. But it works. I recommend EOS to any executive or business owner that wants to get everyone in his or her company aligned with a vision and rowing in the same direction. It’s not a silver bullet and it’s not a trick or a shortcut. If you’re willing to put the time and discipline in to implementing (and sticking to) a proven method for driving the attainment of your company’s goals, then EOS is a great process for you. Tom has been with us every step of the way. Sometimes you have to go outside of your company to gain the objective perspective you need to take your business to the next level. We couldn’t have achieved the amazing results that are starting to snowball for us if it weren’t for Tom Barrett and EOS. They are part of our story now, and I hope we are part of theirs.
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The EOS Model™
The EOS Model™ provides a visual illustration of the Six Key Components™ of any business that must be managed and strengthened to be a great business. This model applies to big and small businesses alike, in any industry.
The Six Key Components of Any Business
Vision. Strengthening this component means getting everyone in the organization 100 percent on the same page with where you’re going and how you’re going to get there.
People. Simply put, we can’t do it without great people. This means surrounding yourself with great people, top to bottom because you can’t achieve a great vision without a great team.
Data. This means cutting through all the feelings, personalities, opinions and egos and boiling your organization down to a handful of objective numbers that give you an absolute pulse on where things are with the Vision, People, and Data Components strong, you start to create a lucid, transparent, open and honest organization where everything becomes more visible and you start to “smoke out all the issues,” which leads to…
Issues. Strengthening this component means becoming great at solving problems throughout the organization – setting them up, knocking them down and making them go away forever.
Process. This is the secret ingredient in your organization. This means “systemizing” your business by identifying and documenting the core processes that define the way to run your business. You’ll need to get everyone on the same page with what the essential procedural steps are, and then get everyone to follow them to create consistency and scalability in your organization.
Traction®. This means bringing discipline and accountability into the organization – becoming great at execution – taking the vision down to the ground and making it real.
The EOS Process™
The EOS Process™ provides a proven way to put all the pieces together, incorporating each of the EOS® Tools in the right order to best strengthen each key component of your business.
The EOS® Journey
Getting Started
The 90 Minute Meeting. Led by Tom Barrett, a Nashville-based Certified EOS Implementer™, the 90 Minute Meeting introduces your leadership team to EOS®, getting everyone on the same page to decide if you want to use the system and tools to strengthen your company.
The Focus Day™
A day to give your leadership team tools to clarify who’s responsible for what, set priorities, improve communication, resolve issues and track critical numbers.
Your leadership team then uses their new tools for the next 30 days to experience real improvement.
Agenda:
- Hitting the Ceiling
- Accountability Chart™
- Rocks
- Meeting Pulse™
- Scorecard
Vision Building™ Day 1
Another day with your leadership team that starts by reviewing and sharpening the Focus Day tools. You will then begin to use the Vision/Traction Organizer™ (V/TO™) tool to clarify your vision, starting with who you are, why you exist, what you do and where you are going. You will also get a great tool for reviewing your people.
Your team again uses the tools for the next 30 days to experience more improvement. This is a spaced-learning approach which has proven to be most effective for quickly gaining proficiency with the tools.
Agenda:
- Review Focus Day™ Tools
- Core Values
- Core Focus™
- 10-Year Target™
- Marketing Strategy
Vision Building™ Day 2
Another day with the leadership team to master the Focus Day™ tools and continue using the V/TO™ tool to complete your vision, clarify your Marketing Strategy, 3-Year Picture™, 1-Year Plan and priorities for the next 90 days.
With your leaders now focused and all on the same page, you’ll use the tools for the next 90 days to execute your plan and experience more improvement.
Agenda:
- Marketing Strategy
- 3-Year Picture™
- 1-Year Plan
- Quarterly Rocks
- Issues List
Quarterly Sessions
A day with your leadership team every 90 days to evaluate their performance, refocus, set priorities for the next 90 days and resolve any issues that might impede progress.
Your team experiences measurable growth and improvement every 90 days – Traction®.
Agenda:
- Review Prior Quarter
- V/TO™
- EOS Tools
- Set Next Quarter’s Rocks
- IDS™
Annual Sessions
Two days with your leadership team each year to work on team health and update the vision and plan for the next year and next quarter.
Agenda:
- Review Last Year/Last Quarter
- Team Health
- Organizational Checkup™
- SWOT Analysis
- V/TO™
- 3-Year Picture
- 1 Year Plan
- Set Q1 Rocks
- IDS™
Guaranteed Results
A healthy & focused leadership team and organization
Strong on the six components of Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process & Traction®
Making continual progress towards achieving everything in your vision
Hiring Tom is risk-free and fully guaranteed – you only pay if it works. There are no up-front payments or contracts.
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