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What is the EOS Model?
Lloyd Wolf | Professional EOS Implementer®
The EOS Model® provides a visual illustration of the Six Key Components™ of any business that must be managed and strengthened to be a great business.
EOS® (the Entrepreneurial Operating System®) doesn’t treat symptoms – it helps you cure the "whole body" by strengthening the Six Key Components™ of your business – Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Traction. The EOS Model provides a visual illustration of the Six Key Components of your business – of any business – that must be managed and strengthened to be a great business. This model applies to big and small businesses alike, in any industry.
When I talk with entrepreneurs and business leaders about the EOS Model, they often ask me to explain a little more. Here is what I tell them:
The 1st Key Component is the Vision Component™.
Strengthening this component means getting everyone in the organization 100% on the same page with who you are, what you do, where you are going, and how you will get there.
The 2nd Key Component is the People Component™. Simply put, we can’t achieve great Vision without great people. This means surrounding yourself with great people, top to bottom. Great people are the Right People (who consistently exhibit your Core Values) who sit in the Right Seats (who have the God given talent, skills, experience, ability and desire to be great at their job). Right People, Right Seats, you've got to have both.
The 3rd Key Component is the Data Component™. This means cutting through all the feelings, egos and subjective emotions that opften drive decision making in an entreprenurial company and running your business on facts, figures and a handful of objective numbers that give you an absolute pulse on where things are with the organization.
The 4th Key Component is the Issues Component™. Strengthening this component means becoming great at solving problems throughout the organization – setting them up, knocking them down and making them go away forever.
The 5th Key Component is the Process Component™. This is the secret ingredient in your organization. This means identifying, simplifying and documenting the core processes that define your way to run your business – getting everyone on the same page with what the essential procedural steps in your core processes and then getting everyone to follow them so you create consistency and scalability in your organization. It makes it easier to mange, more profitable and more fun.
The 6th and final Key Component is the Traction Component™. This means bringing discipline and accountability into the organization – becoming great at execution – taking the Vision down to the ground and executing on that Vision, day in and day out.
As a Professional EOS Implementer®, I work with businesses in the Greater Pittsburgh Area and Western Pennsylvania – as a teacher, facilitator and coach – to help them implement EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System) and strengthen the Six Key Components of their business. On our journey together, we are working to strengthen each component – get it to 100% strong, knowing that goal is virtually impossible – because that is utopia. We embark on a journey with the goal of getting you to 80% strong or better. Truth be told, most organizations are operating somewhere around 20% strong in the Six Key Components – succeeding in spite of themselves.
Would you like to learn more about the EOS Model or the Six Key Components? Help First
is one of my Core Values. I’ll give you 90 minutes of my time to tell you more about EOS and show you and your leadership team how to experience "Vision, Traction and Healthy" by strengthening the Six Key Components in your business. This 90 Minute Meeting provides a simple but informative explanation of EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System) to help you learn more and decide whether it’s right for you. There’s no better way to tell if EOS is a fit for your business. It's not a sales pitch - it’s just the easiest way for you and your team to connect with me for a overview of the system, the tools and the process. There’s no charge for this meeting, and there is no expectation or obligation to ever work together, I promise. It’s simply meant to answer all your questions and help you and your leadership team decide if you'd like to transform your business with EOS, and if I am the right Professional EOS Implementer for you.
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Lloyd Wolf
is a Professional EOS Implementer®.
He works with business owners and senior leaders located in the Greater Pittsburgh Area and Western Pennsylvania – as a teacher, meeting facilitator and business coach – to help them implement EOS® (the Entrepreneurial Operating System®) in their organizations. Contact Lloyd
today for more information about how you can experience "Vision, Traction and Healthy" in your company using EOS.
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