Focus & Vision
Gino Wickman
You need the right tools to focus your business and build your vision.Focus and Vision is the two-part series from EOS® that explores the tools to help you and your leadership team develop a guiding vision for your organization and stay on track to achieving your business goals.Listen to Gino Wickman as he discusses the tools and resources that shaped his entrepreneurial experiences and how the foundational ideas of business can be turned into the structure you need to get your business to the next level.Explore The 8 Questions™ of the Vision/Traction Organizer® to get clear on your vision and learn the five tools to keep your focus on track. To get the most out of this series, it is recommended that you listen to each audio more than once.
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Feb 28, 2024 • 13min
Vision 4: Core Values
Explore the power of core values in shaping organizational culture and identity. Discover a structured four-step process to define what truly matters for your team. Learn how effective leadership mirrors parenting principles and the need for clear communication through storytelling. Delve into how prioritizing values over mere skills can enhance brand loyalty and employee satisfaction. Finally, uncover the People Analyzer tool used to ensure team alignment with core values, paving the way for cohesive leadership and organizational success.
Feb 28, 2024 • 18min
Vision 5: Core Focus
Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®.In this episode, we talk about how to identify and maintain an organization’s Core Focus™ using the Vision/Traction Organizer® (V/TO®). Every leader faces countless distractions, but it’s important to stay focused on the core of the business. We introduce a two-step exercise for defining your Core Focus: identifying your purpose/cause/passion and getting clear on your niche. You’ll hear real-world examples and cautionary tales that emphasize how avoiding distractions and staying true to your Core Focus enables sustained business success.
Feb 28, 2024 • 12min
Focus 7: Meeting Pulse
Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®In this episode, we cover establishing The Meeting Pulse® for your business and how to make the most of your annual, quarterly, and weekly meetings. We’ll show you how to run more structured weekly meetings using the Level 10 Meeting™ agenda. This specific agenda helps your team share headlines, review Measurables and Rocks, and solve issues forever during IDS® (Identify, Discuss, Solve). The Meeting Pulse will help you increase accountability, improve communication, create a healthier culture, and gain traction toward your vision.
Feb 28, 2024 • 41sec
Vision 1: Opening
Dive into the powerful concept of the Entrepreneurial Operating System and discover how it can transform your business strategies. Learn what sets successful organizations apart and the key tactics they employ to gain traction. This insightful discussion provides foundational knowledge to help entrepreneurs structure their paths to success. Get ready to unlock your potential and achieve your goals with expert insights!
Feb 28, 2024 • 4min
Vision 9: 1-Year Plan
Learn how to set up a clear 1-Year Plan for your organization, including selecting a future date, determining Measurables, and setting financial goals. Guide on getting the leadership team aligned and rowing in the same direction.
Feb 28, 2024 • 4min
Vision 6: 10-Year Target™
This discussion highlights the transformative power of setting a 10-Year Target for organizations. Gino emphasizes its role in providing clear direction and inspiring immediate action. Drawing from Jim Collins' research, he illustrates how successful companies achieve ambitious long-term goals. Listeners learn how to define their targets as SMART goals and why collaborative decision-making among leadership teams is crucial. With real-life examples like Starbucks and Nike, the conversation offers practical insights to align everyone in pursuit of a common vision.
Feb 28, 2024 • 5min
Focus 10: Acknowledgments
Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®.Credit where credit’s due! As we wrap up this series, we want to acknowledge the valuable insights from the many individuals and the resources they’ve shared with the EOS Community. Of the countless clients and colleagues who have had a major impact on Gino’s life – and on EOS®, six stand out as the most significant for their roles in building EOS into what it is today.
Feb 28, 2024 • 5min
Focus 8: The Scorecard
Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®.We introduce the Scorecard in this episode. The Scorecard is a tool that focuses on the 5–15 Measurables that are critical to getting an absolute pulse on your business. Reviewing these numbers regularly will help you better predict outcomes and ensure your processes are on track. You may have heard them called dashboard or key performance indicators, but at EOS we call it the Scorecard. It may take some trial and error, but finding the right Measurables can help you foster accountability and inform decision-making for your business.
Feb 28, 2024 • 15min
Focus 5: The Accountability Chart™
Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®.We build on the previous Hitting the Ceiling discussion in this episode, by focusing on one of The Five Leadership Abilities™: Structure. We’ll cover how to use The Accountability Chart® to create the right organizational structure tailored to your business needs. You want to identify clear accountabilities and place the right people in the right seats to achieve organizational clarity and accountability.We’ll review the three major functions – sales and marketing, operations, and finance – and why they all report to the Integrator™.
Feb 28, 2024 • 16min
Focus 4: Hitting the Ceiling
Learn how to break through business growth limitations by mastering key leadership abilities, embracing delegation, predicting for growth, emphasizing systemization, and driving organizational efficiency through simplification and structure.
