While codifying your processes, you may find areas where new software can increase efficiency. But do your research so you get the right technology and don’t waste your money on bells and whistles you don’t need. 3) Ensure Everyone Follows the Processes

The combination of vision, people, data, issues, process, and traction—the Entrepreneurial Operating System—positions your company to achieve your vision. Your target market (your ideal customer based on such things as geography, demographics, income or company size, and so on)Most businesses fail to reach the next level of growth because owners are afraid to let go of total control, trust their leadership team, and delegate to them. But for their business to grow, they need to take that leap of faith. The key is getting an EOS™ in place, so your business functions without your micromanagement.

Visionary: creative, solves big problems, culture-focused, emotional. Only about half of organizations have one. What’s Your Niche? What specifically do you do that fulfills your mission? The answer should be simple and useful in making decisions about how to spend time and resources. Examples of niches include: popcorn (Orville Redenbacher) and solving complex real estate problems (a real estate company). You can’t be the one deciding and doing everything. Build a real leadership team—hire people who’re better than you, give them control and responsibility of specific areas, and present a united front to the rest of the organization. To create a multi-generational culture, and achieve sustainable organizational success, the priorities must be to develop the skills of both leadership and employee teams, and to work together to build a value-based culture,where everyone participates and contributes their ideas. This is our approach at Profit Strategies.Accept that organizations grow in spurts and you’ll inevitably hit ceilings at individual, departmental and organizational levels. To punch through and surge ahead, your team must be able to simplify, delegate (so you keep elevating yourselves and your business), predict issues (for both short and long term), systemize and develop the right structure for your next phase of growth.

Delegate and Elevate– helps leaders clarify and identify the activities they must delegate to free up time; must decide the following for each task: The Entrepreneurial Operating System is a practical method for achieving the business success you have always envisioned. More than 2,000 companies have discovered what EOS can do. Successful leaders surround themselves with great people. You can’t build a company without help. EOS… provides a practical understanding of the two essential ingredients of any great team: the right people in the right seats.” Set the next quarter’s priorities: Follow the steps for setting priorities. List what must be done in the quarter and narrow the list to three to seven items.Identify your key processes: Identify the processes for carrying out every major activity of your business. Process – “systemizing your business by identifying and documenting the core processes that define the way to run your business”