What is EOS (The Entrepreneurial Operating System)
EOS is a set of purposefully connected tools and disciplines that take the raw energy driving your company and channel it into the most productive work possible. It turns chaos into clarity, a will-powered business into one that runs with a clear vision, discipline, and accountability.
What Is a Business "Operating System"?
EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System) is a set of purposefully connected tools and disciplines that harness the energy of a company and get that energy directed in the most productive channel possible.
Most fast-growing companies evolve into a form of managed chaos. The owner is bright and passionate, so they grow through willpower more than anything else. Over time, that raw energy has borne some offshoots that ultimately hold the company back. Employees got hired because they were available and the right price, but no longer keep up. Processes just happened because they were adequate, but were never really structured to be efficient — and often aren't even followed. Future plans have gotten sacrificed because the leadership team is fighting daily fires instead of only handling major issues.
EOS enables everyone to have clear direction, execute with discipline and accountability, and function as a healthy team.
What are the Six Key Components of Your Business?
Every business has six key components that make up its operation. Weakness in any of these key components results in problems. EOS enables a business to strengthen each of these components so the business runs smoothly and issues are solved at the root.
01
Vision
Creates alignment by capturing the company's vision, where it's going and how it's going to get there.
02
People
The right people in the right seats — a leadership team and organization built to drive growth and success
03
Data
A handful of numbers that give you an absolute pulse on the business, every single week.
04
Process
Documenting and simplifying the way you do things, so they’re followed by everyone, every time.
05
Issues
A system for surfacing problems and solving them for good, instead of letting them resurface.
06
Traction
Bringing discipline and accountability to the organization — executing consistently, with real accountability
Can I Implement EOS Myself without a Professional Implementer?
Yes, Traction walks through the EOS system, and some business owners do "self-implement." But, while even “a little” EOS drives value for a business, it's rare they're able to drive as much value from EOS as they would using a professional Implementer. Here are a few reasons we’ve found this to be the case:
No Time for Two Jobs
Running a company is already a full-time job. Adding Implementer responsibilities on top of it leaves too little time to be effective at either one.
Trained to Do It Right
A professional Implementer is trained to teach EOS the right way, with no steps skipped and no shortcuts taken. The system gets installed in its purest, most effective form.
An Unbiased Facilitator
An Implementer is an unbiased facilitator. Self-implementers carry history with their team that gets in the way of honest opinions, someone with no baggage can shepherd the hard conversations EOS surfaces.
Who is the right fit for EOS?
Open to Change
What Areas of Business Does EOS Cover?
EOS harmonizes all the moving parts of a business. It enables every area to function better through a team that works more cohesively, processes that provide more consistency, energy that's all pulling in the same direction, and clarity on what the true priorities are at every level.
EOS is not a computer application or a point solution for one particular business function. It's an operating system that facilitates elevated performance across the company.
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