Traction Get a Grip on Your Business

by Wickman, Gino

• ISBN13: 9781936661831
• ISBN10: 1936661837
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-03
• Publisher: Benbella Books

Summary

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Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you?

All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations—personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It's not complicated or theoretical.The Entrepreneurial Operating System® is a practical method for achieving the business success you have always envisioned. More than 80,000 companies have discovered what EOS can do.

In Traction, you'll learn the secrets of strengthening the six key components of your business. You'll discover simple yet powerful ways to run your company that will give you and your leadership team more focus, more growth, and more enjoyment. Successful companies are applying Traction every day to run profitable, frustration-free businesses—and you can too.

For an illustrative, real-world lesson on how to apply Traction to your business, check out its companion book, Get A Grip.

Author Biography

Gino Wickman's passion is helping people get what they want from their businesses. To fulfill that passion, Wickman created the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)®, a holistic system that, when implemented in an organization, helps leaders run better businesses, get better control, have better life balance, and gain more traction; with the entire organization advancing together as a healthy, functional and cohesive team. Wickman spends most of his time as an EOS Implementer, working hands-on with the leadership teams of entrepreneurial companies to help them fully implement EOS in their organizations. He is the founder of EOS Worldwide, a growing organization of successful entrepreneurs from a variety of business backgrounds collaborating as certified EOS Implementers to help people throughout the world to experience all the organizational and personal benefits of implementing EOS. He also delivers workshops and keynote addresses.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
The Entrepreneurial Operating System® Strengthening the Six Key Components	p. 1
Letting Go of the Vine	p. 13
The Vision Component: Do They See What You Are Saying?	p. 27
Answering the Eight Questions	p. 31
Shared by All	p. 74
The People Component: Surround Yourself with Good People	p. 79
Right People	p. 85
Right Seats	p. 89
The Data Component: Safety in Numbers	p. 113
Scorecard	p. 116
Measurables	p. 122
The Issues Component: Decide!	p. 129
The Issues List	p. 133
The Issues Solving Track	p. 136
The Process Component: Finding Your Way	p. 147
Documenting Your Core Processes	p. 151
Followed by All	p. 158
The Traction Component: From Luftmensch to Action!	p. 163
Rocks	p. 170
Meeting Pulse	p. 176
Pulling It All Together: The Grand Journey	p. 199
Getting Started	p. 219
About the Author and Eos Worldwide	p. 229
Get a Grip: Excerpt From the AuthorÆs Upcoming Book	p. 231
Acknoweledgements	p. 237
Index	p. 241
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