Time management has long been my obsession. It’s really a euphemism for self-management and the end-all and be-all of productivity. (The Entrepreneurial Operating System [EOS] is, at its essence, a self-management program for companies.) One major time management tactic is time blocking. Recently, I was reminded of this when reading Gary Keller’s “everywhere bestseller”, titled […]
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I have come across multiple businesses lately where a “Visionary” decided to descend from the strategic heights to retrieve the reins of the business from their number two “Integrator” whom they had earlier appointed to run the show.
Welcome back to the Management Blueprint, including: (1) Why is the Survival Habit bad for you and how to shake it; (2) How to engineer the sales you want; (3) What happens when a Visionary retakes the Integrator seat; (4) My favorite Time Management tactic; and (5) The business lessons of the decade from 8 […]
Welcome to the January edition of the Management Blueprint, including: (1) tips about leveraging your time, (2) how to supercharge your sales organization; (3) a rant about how NOT to systemize your business; and (4) six local entrepreneurs sharing their favorite business books. Be sure to read this issue and start the ’20s with the […]
Welcome to the December edition of the Management Blueprint. Read about the originator of the principle management ideas of our times; what it means to run your business on multiple operating systems; and what a handful of entrepreneurs think about the skillset you need in the 20’s. http://bit.ly/MBP_03
Dear Reader, Welcome to the November edition of the Management Blueprint newsletter, with the following articles: The CEO is the Rising Tide Individual Rocks: To Share or Not to Share Management Blueprints and Why Use One Entrepreneurs’ Corner Feel free to download your latest Management Blueprint here.
Dear Reader, You are holding in your hand the inaugural edition of Management Blueprint, a newsletter written by and for the business owner and leader. Management Blueprints, such as the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®), are social systems, that allow small and medium size privately owned businesses to succeed. This newsletter is the medium through which […]
Working on my new Vistage presentation about Management Blueprints, helped me crystallize what makes the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) special. EOS is a combination of management practices that have emerged in the last 100 years, starting with Frederick Winslow Taylors’s Scientific Management (1911), through Peter Drucker’s writings and Jim Collins’ research. I identified 9 authors […]
Shared a bagel with Jamie Ledwith, a great business banker with Village Bank in Richmond, this morning and he helped me understand another angle how an EOS Implementer helps business leaders. And it comes back to why we are social animals and how it helps us survive and evolve. According to healthresearchfunding.org, married men live […]
How to Downsize your EOS Leadership Group, without disappointing leavers? I often get this question from clients who start EOS with a large leadership group of over 5-7 people. There are multiple reasons for starting with a big team. Some CEOs want to use EOS to engage middle management in the vision building process. Sometimes […]
