Focus 6: Establishing Your Rocks

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. In this episode, we discuss the importance of the leadership team having a shared organizational vision. The two-day Vision Building® process will simplify and clarify the vision, getting everyone on the Leadership Team on the same page.  We introduce the Vision/Traction Organizer® (V/TO®), a tool with eight key sections concentrating on Core Values, Core Focus™, 10-Year Target™, marketing strategy, 3-Year Picture™, 1-Year Plan, Quarterly Rocks, and Issue identification.  Achieving 100% alignment on the vision within the leadership team leads to more efficient issue resolution and organizational success.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. Hitting the ceiling in your business is inevitable. In this episode, we cover the key to breaking through the ceiling: mastering The Five Leadership Abilities™.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. Credit where credit’s due! As we wrap up this series, we want to acknowledge the valuable insights from the many individuals and the resources they’ve shared with the EOS Community.  Of the countless clients and colleagues who have had a major impact on Gino’s life – and on EOS®, six stand out as the most significant for their roles in building EOS into what it is today.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. This episode focuses on the fifth section of the V/TO®: What is your 3-Year Picture? Developing the 3-Year Picture involves choosing a time frame (usually three to seven years), determining specific Measurables, such as revenues and profits, and then having each leadership team member outline what the organization looks like in that time frame.  Once you achieve consensus among the leadership team, where everyone sees and desires the 3-Year Picture, you’re ready to move forward and translate it into a clear 1-Year Plan.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. In this episode, we cover the final section of the V/TO®: how to address issues in your business.  We discuss how to create an Issues List and how to identify everything holding you back from achieving your vision. The success of your business is directly linked to your leadership team’s ability to Identify, Discuss, Solve (IDS®) these issues. We explain why we recommend conducting an annual SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis to identify significant issues and how to tackle them in your weekly Level 10 Meetings™.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. We build on the previous Hitting the Ceiling discussion in this episode, by focusing on one of The Five Leadership Abilities™: Structure. We’ll cover how to use The Accountability Chart® to create the right organizational structure tailored to your business needs. You want to identify clear accountabilities and place the right people in the right seats to achieve organizational clarity and accountability. We’ll review the three major functions – sales and marketing, operations, and finance – and why they all report to the Integrator™.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. In this episode, we cover the Focus Day® session. In fact, the central theme for this part of the series is focus, because it underpins our upcoming discussions in the series.  We’ll lay the foundation for building a robust vision and promoting accountability, effective communication, organizational health, and improved bottom-line results. The five tools are introduced during the Focus Day session: addressing Hitting the Ceiling, creating an Accountability Chart, establishing Quarterly Rocks, implementing a Meeting Pulse, and using a Scorecard. These are key to gaining traction toward achieving your vision.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. In this episode, we discuss the importance of prioritizing quarterly tasks to advance your organization’s long-term goals, what we at EOS call Rocks. .  We review where the term “Rock” comes from (credit where credit’s due!) and how to set SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) goals.  We’ll walk through how to identify the three to seven key priorities for your business, assign owners to each Rock, and maintain a laser focus on completing them to achieve organizational goals.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. In this episode, we talk about how to identify and maintain an organization’s Core Focus™ using the Vision/Traction Organizer® (V/TO®). Every leader faces countless distractions, but it’s important to stay focused on the core of the business.  We introduce a two-step exercise for defining your Core Focus: identifying your purpose/cause/passion and getting clear on your niche. You’ll hear real-world examples and cautionary tales that emphasize how avoiding distractions and staying true to your Core Focus enables sustained business success.

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS® In this episode, we cover establishing The Meeting Pulse® for your business and how to make the most of your annual, quarterly, and weekly meetings.  We’ll show you how to run more structured weekly meetings using the Level 10 Meeting™ agenda. This specific agenda helps your team share headlines, review Measurables and Rocks, and solve issues forever during IDS® (Identify, Discuss, Solve).  The Meeting Pulse will help you increase accountability, improve communication, create a healthier culture, and gain traction toward your vision.