What the Heck Is EOS?: A Complete Guide for Employees in Companies Running on EOS

by Gino Wickman, Tom Bouwer

Overview

Has your company struggled to roll EOS out to all levels of your organization? Do your employees understand why EOS is important or even what it is?

What the Heck is EOS? is for the millions of employees in companies running their businesses on EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System). An easy and fast read, this book answers the questions many employees have about EOS and their company:

• What is an operating system?
• What is EOS and why is my company using it?
• What are the EOS foundational tools and how do they impact me?
• What’s in it for me?

Designed to engage employees in the EOS process and tools, What the Heck is EOS? uses simple, straightforward language and provides questions about each tool for managers and employees to discuss creating more ownership and buy-in at the staff level. After reading this book, employees will not only have a better understanding of EOS but they will be more engaged, taking an active role in helping achieve your company’s vision.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781944648817
Publisher:	BenBella Books, Inc.
Publication date:	09/05/2017
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	39,579
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Gino Wickman, bestselling author of Traction, has a passion for helping people get what they want from their businesses. To fulfill that passion, he created the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS), which helps leaders run better businesses, get better control, have better life balance, and gain more traction—with the entire organization advancing together as a cohesive team. Wickman is the founder of EOS Worldwide, a growing organization of successful entrepreneurs collaborating as certified EOS Implementers to help people experience all the organizational and personal benefits of implementing EOS. He also delivers workshops and keynote addresses.

Thomas J. Bouwer has a passion for helping entrepreneurs and their leadership teams simplify, clarify and achieve their vision. In addition to starting and running three of his own companies in Turkey, Tom has worked with a diverse range of companies from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. His nearly three decades of global management and consulting experience in multiple industries help him quickly identify and solve chronic issues that keep a company from achieving optimal success. As a teacher, facilitator and coach, Tom spends most of his time as a Certified EOS© Implementer—helping leadership teams implement EOS in their companies. He earned his B.A. from Hope College and MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. When not delivering EOS workshops or keynote addresses, Tom is most likely walking his dogs or hiking in the mountains.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 What The Heck Is EOS?

Chapter 2 How Does EOS Work? (The EOS Model)

Chapter 3 Do You See What They Are Saying? (The Vision/Traction Organizer)

Chapter 4 Who’s Doing What (The Accountability Chart)

Chapter 5 What Is Most Important Right Now? (Rocks)

Chapter 6 Why Do We Have To Have Meetings? (The Weekly Meeting Pulse)

Chapter 7 What’s My Number? (Scorecard and Measurables)

Chapter 8 How Am I Doing? (People Analyzer)

Chapter 9 What Do I Do Next? (Conclusion)

Appendix A: Your Role

Appendix B: Questions To Ask Your Manager

Appendix C: EOS Terms

Acknowledgements

About The Authors