Your team isn’t misaligned because they don’t care.
They’re misaligned because they can’t see what you see.
As a founder or leader, you might feel the vision is ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ
– but if your team canโt articulate it the same way, itโs not clear ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
That is why Simon Sinek’s book ‘Start with Why’ is so high on may leaders’ reading lists.
Here are a few signs your business has a ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ:
โ Departments are working hardโฆ but in different directions
โ Priorities keep changing, or worse, theyโre unclear
โ Your leadership team isn’t on the same page
โ Decisions are reactive, not intentional
Without a ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, teams default to working in silos.
Without ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, strategy turns into noise.
I saw this in the business I helped to grow over a 10 year period, where the challenges of constant organic growth led to lots of competing priorities, and a mix of strategic and transactional agenda items vying for attention at weekly management meetings.
EOS helps businesses clarify their ๐ญ๐ฌ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐, ๐ฏ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป
โก๏ธand makes sure every person knows where the company is headed and how they contribute.
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When your team sees the same vision, they start moving in the same direction.
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Thatโs when momentum kicks in.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐’๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ
– ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
If you see a need for improvement in this area in your business, comment ‘clarity’ below and letโs talk about how to make that happen.
