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Newsletter: October 2016
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In Minnesota, we’re blessed with the beauty of Autumn, crisp air at night, fall colors and a winning football team in a new stadium.  Contrast that with the noise of our current election and the challenges it presents as we encourage everyone to get out and vote. We’re entering fourth quarter and the official push toward year end which can be a busy quarter filled with politics, holidays, MEA and family. When you combine it all, it can be challenging to stay focused on our goals. Every team begins to wane toward the end of the quarter, especially fourth quarter. In our highlight article, the Antenna team admits that they feel “a combination of excitement, anticipation and a little bit of panic,” before their quarterly offsite with me (yikes!), but they say they always leave the day refocused and with a fresh shot of discipline (thank goodness!). In the “Your Butt’s Not Big Enough” article I’ll share how to make progress within your company toward defining the one role that is your highest and best use. Devoting 100% of your effort to one seat will forward you as well as catalyze your business. When you combine this with the discipline and focus of your meeting pulse, it will lead you to a strong finish in 2016. Stay focused, be productive, and get out and vote!


Your Butt's Not Big Enough
 
If you’re like many entrepreneurs, you started your business with a great idea and did everything yourself. You generated sales, delivered your products or services, handled the finances, managed customer service and emptied the wastebaskets. As your business grew, did you fully remove yourself from most of these functions, replacing yourself with a more energetic, competent version of yourself? 
 
When you are sitting in more than one seat (EOS term for job function), no matter how competent you are, you can’t serve both roles 100%. Picture yourself attempting to sit on two chairs at the same time. You would feel uncomfortable, shaky, and even with your best efforts, you’d only have one cheek on each seat. Best case scenario with the most competent person alive would be that you’re doing each role half-assed! Read more for tools on how to get to one seat.
 

Clarity After Quarterly: 90 Day Pulse Keeps Antenna On Track

Do you and your leadership team ever get bored with your goals, feel disconnected from your vision or become overwhelmed by issues you know you need to address? If you do, this is “normal”- it happens in every business. EOS founder Gino Wickman recognized that teams begin to fray every 90 days and this led to the EOS meeting pulse. Meeting quarterly allows teams to check-in, address issues and reset to get back on track and aligned with their long term plan.

Our EOS client Antenna is a wonderful example of a team staying true to the meeting pulse – and therefore their vision. Antenna is a marketing consulting and staffing firm providing on-demand resources for companies of all sizes in the Minneapolis market. Growth and desire to reach the next level drew Antenna to EOS, and having consistent EOS Quarterly sessions helps the leadership team address issues while recommitting to the discipline. Read more


YESS! EOS Self-Implementer Workshop:
Wednesday, October 19, 6:00-9:00pm at Lurie LLP

Join us for an EOS Self-Implementer Workshop and learn tools to help run a better business through the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS®). With over 2500 companies professionally implementing EOS, our guess is that there are thousands of other companies that have read the books or downloaded some tools from the website and are implementing the process on their own without help from a Certified Implementer. 

What to expect:

  • We will help you master the EOS Foundational Tools so you can achieve greater success as a self-implementer. 

  • Each attendee will receive a workbook filled with EOS tools to use during the workshop and beyond.

  • Attendees will have the opportunity to get questions answered from Sue, a Certified EOS Implementer who facilitates sessions at EOS Worldwide for Professional and Certified Implementers.

  • New information about a state grant now available to pay for 100% of the cost to hire a certified EOS Implementer.  

Companies who should attend:

  • A company that has 10+ people

  • A company that is more afraid of the status quo than making change

  • A company who is self-implementing EOS (read Traction, Get A Grip, have been implementing with no facilitator and/or downloaded some EOS tools)

  • Companies who want to get to the next level (would like to see what EOS is and get some tools)

We are excited to help you and your leadership team run a better business. Learn more and register here.
Client Appreciation Boat Party
Highlight Video

 
Thank you to all who attended our YESS! Client Appreciation Boat Party and all of our clients and colleagues who allow us to live the EOS Life Style:

Doing what you love to do, with people you love to be with, making a huge difference, being compensated well and with time to pursue other passions.


Check out our party highlight video here. A special thank you to Ladd Films for capturing the day so beautifully! 
 
Additional EOS Services
Sue is Here to Help!

Want help rolling out EOS to the rest of your company or a tune up after self-implementing? In addition to regular sessions, Sue offers the below EOS services:
  • 2-Day Annual Planning
  • Full and Half-Day Special Sessions
  • Full and Half-Day Issue Solving/ Facilitating
  • Weekly Meeting Fine Tuning
  • Team/ Health-Building Session
  • Half-Day Leadership and Management Training
  • Workshops and Roll Out Presentations 
Email ali@sayyess.com for more information
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