Focus & Vision

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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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February 28, 20244 min

Focus 2: Setting the Stage

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. In this episode, we prepare you for your EOS® journey and setting your goals . The EOS Process® is universal and can be effective for organizations of any size or industry as long as there are people involved. We encourage you to step outside the chaos of your business, absorb the tools provided in this series, and envision yourself and your leadership team rowing in the same direction so you can get everything you want from your business.

February 28, 20242 min

Focus 9: Action Next Steps

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. Let’s pull things together. In this episode, we recap how you can get everything you want from your business using the tools and disciplines we covered throughout the series. We talked about using The Accountability Chart® for clarity, Rocks to focus on goals, the Meeting Pulse and Level 10 Meeting™ agenda for effective meetings, and the Scorecard to get an absolute pulse on your business. Start using these tools gradually to gain the clarity, priority, communication, and right Measurables to gain traction in your company.

February 28, 20244 min

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.

February 28, 20243 min

Vision 6: 10-Year Target™

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. In this episode, we shift to your organization’s future vision by answering the third question on the V/TO®: “What is your 10-Year Target?” The significance of a 10-Year Target goes beyond a standard goal, providing a clear direction for the entire organization. Drawing inspiration from Jim Collins’ concept of a “Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal” (BHAG), we encourage leadership teams to collaboratively set a compelling and ambitious target that aligns everyone in the organization behind a common vision.

February 28, 20244 min

Vision 13: Acknowledgments

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. This episode, as well as the entire series, would not have been possible without the valuable insights from many individuals and the resources they’ve shared with the EOS Community. Many influential people have had a significant impact on EOS founder Gino Wickman’s life.

February 28, 20243 min

Vision 9: 1-Year Plan

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. This episode shifts focus to the Traction side of the V/TO®, emphasizing the creation of a clear 1-Year Plan as the driving force for the team’s next steps. We outline the three essential steps for setting up your 1-Year Plan: selecting a future date, determining Measurables, and prioritizing goals for your organization. Although this looks simple, it’s not easy to get the leadership team on the same page and rowing in the same direction. Moving forward, you’ll start to define financial goals, accountability, cash flow analysis, budgeting, and a clear Scorecard to measure the plan’s progress.

February 28, 20243 min

Vision 8: 3-Year Picture™

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. This episode focuses on the fifth section of the V/TO®: What is your 3-Year Picture? Developing the 3-Year Picture involves choosing a time frame (usually three to seven years), determining specific Measurables, such as revenues and profits, and then having each leadership team member outline what the organization looks like in that time frame. Once you achieve consensus among the leadership team, where everyone sees and desires the 3-Year Picture, you’re ready to move forward and translate it into a clear 1-Year Plan.

February 28, 202414 min

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™.

February 28, 20240 min

Vision 1: Opening

Welcome to Focus and Vision with Gino Wickman, where we help you master EOS®. This episode kicks off the Vision portion of the series. In this first episode, we’ll introduce the Entrepreneurial Operating System® and show how committing to it can give you the structure and support you need to achieve your goals. We’ll also share some great insights into what successful organizations are doing to gain traction and succeed.

February 28, 20245 min

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.