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Take a Look at Traction

The Entrepreneur's Operating System

All businesses get “stuck” or hit the ceiling at one point or another.  This process is inevitable and is actually part of the life cycle of every business. As human beings we innately know how to survive our growing pains, but business owners it is often another story.  According to a 2013 Forbes article 8 out of 10 start ups “crash and burn” within the first 18 months.  Please note, this excludes franchises and existing business that are purchased.  But the percentages are scary. However, before you go down the rabbit hole of despair, there is hope.

In Gino Wickman’s book “Traction”, Wickman addresses this issue and provides solutions. This solution is known as the “The Entrepreneurial Operating System” or “EOS”.   EOS is a complete system with a simple set of proven tools that help leadership teams to obtain three things; Vision, Health, and Traction.

  • Vision, from the standpoint of first getting the leadership team 100% on the same page with where the organization is going and how the team is going to get there.
  • Healthy, meaning to create an environment where the leadership team becomes open, honest, functional and cohesive, because unfortunately not all leadership associates function well as a team.
  • Traction, from the standpoint of helping the leadership team to become more disciplined and accountable, becoming matters of execution and achieving every part of the organizations vision.

Where the leadership team points, so goes the rest of the organization.  The objective is for the entire organization to become crystal clear on the vision; becoming much more accountable and executing on that vision while gaining consistent traction.

"The Traction plan works well for any organization that is looking to grow, willing to be open and honest, and ready to do the work."

Where the leadership team points, so goes the rest of the organization.  The objective is for the entire organization to become crystal clear on the vision; becoming much more accountable and executing on that vision while gaining consistent traction.

The Traction plan works well for any organization that is looking to grow, willing to be open and honest, and ready to do the work.  This is not a seminar, quick fix or flavor of the month. This changes culture, creates clarity and establishes accountability.  There are specific steps that can be taken to “Implement” the EOS system into your organization.  In some cases, leadership teams will work on Self-Implementing EOS and there are tools on the EOS website to assist. In other cases, there are professionals who will help companies with the implementation. 

As Omaha’s first Professionally Trained EOS Implenter, please feel free to visit http://entrepreneurial-advisors.com/ .  Once here you can download the first chapter to Traction for free and there is a complimentary download library of tools available to get started.  If you would like to learn more about what the Pure Implementation of the EOS process looks like, feel free to reach out. One of the Core Values of EOS is “Help First” and we live that.

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