2019-05-28
This post was originally published as a guest column in the Birmingham Business Journal. Much is made in the press about our community’s business-support efforts. But if you read and watch carefully,...
2019-04-30
Planning, Performance Tracking, Leadership
Everyone who runs a company on EOS struggles with how to set Rocks at the start of their journey. If you’re having issues with that, take heart – you are...
2019-03-27
Accountability, Culture, Team Health, Communication, Leadership, Management
More than 25 years after I learned what my employees were calling me, I still have the nickname “Hurricane Ken” for how I once behaved at work. And to this...
2019-02-20
Once your Leadership Team discovers your company’s Core Values, it’s time to start using them to lay the foundation of your organization’s culture. To do that, you must have a...
2019-01-16
We’ve all been in meetings where participants attendees were “misbehaving.” Disengaged, looking at their phones, typing emails, texting, whispering
2018-12-18
Team Health, Communication, Solving Issues, Leadership
We are all flawed beings, and as such, we sometimes find ourselves in dysfunctional workplace situations. It may happen so frequently that we begin
2018-10-24
Culture, Leadership
Once your Leadership Team discovers your company’s Core Values, it’s time to start using them to lay the foundation of your organization’s culture.
2018-08-09
Team Health, Solving Issues, Leadership
Mention team building activities to most employees, and many will groan and roll their eyes as they mentally picture some lame or embarrassing activi
2018-07-25
Accountability, Performance Tracking, Leadership
Almost every EOS company struggles at the start of their journey with their Scorecards and measurables. Sometimes we make this process harder than i
2018-05-16
General, Accountability
One of the first things we do when implementing EOS in a company is to begin the process of determining the right leadership structure for the organi
2018-04-23
Culture
I was recently with the leadership team of a proud company that had a big challenge. They had been experiencing declining sales and profitability.
2018-02-21
Team Health, Planning
Oh. My. Gosh. I can finally breathe! I just finished four straight months of business planning for 2018. No, it wasn’t for my business; I’ve spent
2018-01-24
Team Health, Communication
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen it - and done it myself! You spend a lot of time composing that “perfect email” that strikes just the right ba...
2017-12-18
Team Health, Communication
My client was mad. I could read the body language in the room, and it was not good. It was plain to see she’d been hurt deeply by some unspoken...
2017-11-29
Team Health, Communicating
What do you say when one of your team members asks you to keep something confidential? There’s a dangerous workplace situation that all leaders and
2017-10-18
Culture, Solving Issues
Two workers in the Operations Department of a company were working one Friday evening to push out a late delivery. One saw a problem about to happen
2017-08-14
General
Back in March, I got a call from a guy I hadn't talked to in a while, David Lamb. Some of you may remember him because up until a few years...
2017-07-19
General
I’ve written before about teaching your kids about money and why it’s important. If you’ve read the article I just referred to, you’ll know that poi
2017-06-14
General
I get asked a lot whether a new business line, service, or product is feasible, or whether it fits with a current business or product offering. My a
2017-04-26
General
In my work with leadership teams, I have three distinct roles: teacher, coach, and facilitator. I am a teacher, in that I teach an operational syst
2017-03-22
I am honored to have recently joined the coaching team of EOS Worldwide. My job is to support and counsel other EOS® Implementers who, like myself,
2017-02-22
When I start working with a new client, one of the first questions I ask is, “What is it that keeps you from being successful? What is it you must...
2016-12-14
As 2016 draws to a close, I’m excited because I’ve just reached one milestone and am about to reach another. I’ve just installed EOS® with my 50th c
2016-11-02
General
I do what I do because of my father. Spurgeon Young DeWitt was a big man, born in 1918, the first of six children. Like many who grew up during...
2016-10-19
I took up crew rowing in an 8-oared shell at age 50 with a local community club here in my hometown. One thing I learned quickly is that we must...
2016-09-26
I recently proposed to implement EOS for a large business in a big city. As sometimes happens, the potential client is interviewing another EOS Impl
2016-07-26
Being a boss is tough, especially when it comes to relating to your people. It’s always a challenge to connect with employees since you have to be t
2016-06-15
From time to time, I coach a leadership team that is in turmoil because of some deep conflict. Usually, there are two or more individuals who have l
2016-05-18
People ask me all the time, “Ken, what’s the number one thing I can do to make my business better?” My answer is always the same: there is no silver...
2016-03-23
Last month, I celebrated my 57th birthday. On that day, I was in Detroit with over 100 fellow EOS Implementers and Gino Wickman, who created EOS. S
2016-02-17
Once there was a football team who overcame an upset loss to a rival and made it to the playoffs, only to lose in the semi-finals. The following yea
2016-01-06
“I feel like people are going to want to climb mountains after seeing this movie.” That’s what Joy Mangano is quoted as saying about the new movie J
2015-11-17
Years ago, when I was a young CPA just starting out, I had an older client who visited me once per year, and we’d catch up on each other’s activities...
2015-10-31
When I was 10 years old, I went on my first sleepover to my Irish Catholic friend’s house. Approaching the carport, I heard a commotion and was shock
2015-09-30
I consider myself to be somewhat “old school.” That term carries different connotations, and whether it’s good or bad depends on in what way you mea
2015-08-12
In my 30-plus years as an entrepreneur, I’ve faced some pretty tough situations in business. We all do. The hardest thing I’ve ever done is to coun
2015-07-07
I frequently encounter this odd, paradoxical statement in my work. My clients specifically hired me to teach them how to run their businesses in a way that will give them...
2015-06-24
A group of explorers was working its way through a jungle, hacking through thick underbrush. Exhausted after several hours, they stopped to rest. Loo
2015-03-11
I have a wonderful client who says, “Thank you! You’ve given me my life back!” practically every time I see him. He’s so happy, he referred one of h
2015-01-21
After a company’s key leaders have mastered the EOS system, there comes an exciting – and sometimes scary – milestone in implementing EOS: it’s time
2014-12-17
Many entrepreneurs struggle to find a reliable way to measure how strong their organizations are and identify the best solutions for strengthening th
2014-12-16
As we discussed in the last post, the key to keeping meetings on track and productive is in NOT discussing problems the moment they arise, as counter
2014-10-29
I recently checked in on a new client a couple of weeks after their first session with me, and their Integrator was over the moon about how much they
2014-09-24
Tell me if you would do this: would you drive your car around all day, every day, and never stop to have the tires rotated and balanced? Or would y
2014-08-14
This post is written by my daughter, Morgan DeWitt, age 17, and is adapted from an essay she wrote on the experience she shares below. My father is a
2014-07-16
Who hasn't done this? You’re speaking with someone – perhaps a potential customer at a networking event – and they ask what you do. They are int
2014-06-11
Having served as an advisor to over 100 companies, I can tell you that improving cash flow -- and thereby, profits -- is a major concern in almost ev
2014-05-21
It’s happened to some of the best; Steve Jobs was fired by Apple, and it happened to Mark Barros at Contour in Seattle. I personally know entreprene