Leader Insights

  I’ve made it a personal mission to stop more and smell the roses. Life is so short that it’s crazy not to do so. You’ll have a more satisfying and happy life if you stop and notice the things that matter the most. Another way to say it is living a life...

  When working with clients at the beginning of the EOS process the first book we read together is Good to Great, by Jim Collins.  In chapter four, Collins introduces the "Stockdale Paradox" — a reference to Admiral Jim Stockdale, who was the...

  I frequently get colleagues, friends, relatives, connectors, prospects, and sometimes even strangers asking me what I do. “Ross, what exactly do you do? What is EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System)?” Here's what I say to them every time: What I do is...

  Do you ever take on too much? Trying to do it all and getting hardly anything done the way you internalized it? Here's a visual to illustrate the point: Do you ever go to a trampoline park and jump in the ball pits? Most companies operate by taking on...

  The 100% rule says that if you want to achieve success in any endeavor, you must be 100% committed to it. Unless you're 100% committed, you'll hesitate, question things and feel insecure. The result: you'll be ineffective. W.B. Murray said, "Until one is...

  For years, sailors had to calculate longitude and latitude manually. One method to determine longitude was to measure the sun's angle at noon. However, to find their longitude, they needed a time standard that would work aboard a ship. The first...

  At the end of Charles Swindoll's "Attitude" poem, he writes, "I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so, it is with you ... we are in charge of our attitudes." The best teams I work with react to negative data...

  Let's face it; process is boring. But what if I told you if you followed specific steps, you could be great at process? I grew up in Minnesota, which is one of the most extensive hockey beds in the country. I loved the game of hockey. I found myself...

  Conflict and handling issues are an epidemic in many companies. I’ve always said that our best growth comes from conflict. Let me clarify; it must be healthy conflict. What does that look like? In EOS™ (Entrepreneurial Operating System), the time to...