2019-07-31
Culture, Leadership, Management, Hiring
The single complaint I’ve heard more than any other throughout my 35+ years as a coach is, “It’s just SO hard to find good people.” This has always been true,...
2019-06-25
A State of the Company address, sometimes called by its acronym, “SOCA,” is a critical part of getting your Vision and your plan to achieve it “shared by all.” Simply...
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...