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SEPTEMBER 2020

  Business Tips : TRACTION (EOS – Entrepreneurial Operating System) Our management is implementing a new system called “Traction”. It will provide direction over the next year through a wonderful system. We look forward to sharing it with you here. We hope you will take the journey with us. ~ LMA – Leading, Management, and Accountability~ c are about the people you are leading and managing clarify the major functions of your organization and select the right leader to drive and manage each function decide – indecision isn’t an option be all in – all 100% on the same page, sharing common values, a common purpose (your why) and a common thing you do to make the world a better place (your what). One more point before we get to the mechanics of how to lead and manage more effectively. As leaders and managers, we often tell people what to do – assign work – and expect the work to be done. We expect people to be accountable. When things don’t get ...

AUGUST 2020

  Business Tips : TRACTION (EOS – Entrepreneurial Operating System) Our management is implementing a new system called “Traction”. It will provide direction over the next year through a wonderful system. We look forward to sharing it with you here. We hope you will take the journey with us. ~ Core Values and Core Focus~ Excellence - cutting edge, best quality product and service, professional, consistent Do the right thing - respect yourself and others, accountable, character, honesty, integrity, compassion, loyalty, do what you say Help first / serve – flexible Competitive - whatever it takes, achieve, hit goals, work hard, self-improvement, growth-oriented, never satisfied, initiative, self-motivated These are the core values that our leadership team has come to. In order to strive in our companies, these values direct our decisions, our daily efforts and attitudes, and how we live under service. These values define what success looks li...

JULY 2020

Business Tips : TRACTION (EOS – Entrepreneurial Operating System) Our management is implementing a new system called “Traction”. It will provide direction over the next year through a wonderful system. We look forward to sharing it with you here. We hope you will take the journey with us. ~ Process: Identify, Document, and Package~ Identify: These are things like HR, marketing, sales, operations, accounting, or customer retention. No matter how many core processes you have, you need to identify the ones that address every activity going on in the business. Then list them in one document and make sure that your leadership team is 100 percent on the same page with the amount, the names, and what they are. Document: In this step, the Accountability Chart comes into play. The person that is accountable for a certain process takes charge of documenting it. The head of sales and marketing takes the sales process and the marketing process. The head of operations takes the one to t...

JUNE 2020

Business Tips : TRACTION (EOS – Entrepreneurial Operating System) Our management is implementing a new system called “Traction”. It will provide direction over the next year through a wonderful system. We look forward to sharing it with you here. We hope you will take the journey with us. ~ Roles & Accountability~ When you are reading through the Traction book. You 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. When you’re finished, the Accountability Chart should look like an organizational chart, with five bullets that illustrate the major roles of each function. Important note: The Accountability Chart will clarify function, role, and reporting structure, but it will not define communication structure. Your communication should flow freely across all lines and departments where necessary, creating an op...

MAY 2020

Business Tips : TRACTION (EOS – Entrepreneurial Operating System) Our management is implementing a new system called “Traction”. It will provide direction over the next year through a wonderful system. We look forward to sharing it with you here. We hope you will take the journey with us. ~ Rocks and Meeting Pulse~ To narrow your vision all the way down to what really matters: the next 90 days. You should determine what the most important priorities are in the coming quarter. Those priorities are called Rocks. Quarterly Rocks create a 90-Day World for your organization, a powerful concept that enables you to gain tremendous traction. How do they work? Every 90 days, your leadership team comes together to establish its priorities for the next 90 days based on your one-year plan. You discuss and ultimately conclude what has to be executed in the next quarter to put you on track for the one-year plan, which in turn puts you on track for the three-year picture, and so on. In a ...