Free Tools To Get Your Business Back On Track

Open and Honest

The basic rules for communication in an organization running on EOS®. Leaders engage with open minds, ready to draw everyone into a discussion and truly hear what’s being said. Honest means “just say it,” even when it stings a bit. This approach creates clarity,...

read more

One-Year (1-Year) Plan

A leadership team’s prediction of what is going to happen during the year. It starts with financial predictions – revenue, profit and any key measurables. It also includes three to seven Goals –the most important things your company must accomplish in the coming...

read more

“Off-Line” Meeting Track

This EOS® tool is designed to take a topic that doesn’t fit in any of the EOS compartments “Off-Line”. This tool helps you create the right agenda to take on that project or issue and achieve the objective of the meeting.

read more

Niche

Part of an organization’s Core Focus, your Niche describes – simply and clearly – what you do better than anyone else.

read more

Merger/Acquisition Fit

This tool helps you determine the “Cultural Fit” as well as the “Strategic Fit” when looking at mergers or acquisitions.

read more

Meeting Pulse

A regular, efficient series of meetings with the same team-members and following a standard agenda. EOS® companies have a quarterly meeting pulse (three one-day quarterly sessions and one two-day annual planning session) that creates a 90-day world for the...

read more

Marketing Strategy

One of the eight questions on the V/TO, the Marketing Strategy helps bring laser-focus to an organization’s sales and marketing efforts. It starts with a clear definition of your Target Market and also includes three parts of a compelling marketing message to that...

read more

LMA

An EOS® Tool that summarizes the primary responsibility of anyone in the organization with one or more direct reports. “LMA” stands for Leadership + Management = Accountability. In other words, one must lead and manage in a way that creates an environment in which...

read more

Issues Solving Track

This tool explains in detail the IDS process for solving Issues. Step 1 is Identify, Step 2 is Discuss and Step 3 is Solve. It’s important to make sure you are identifying the root cause of the issue before discussing or attempting to Solve.

read more

Issues List

A written list of Issues that haven’t yet been solved. Short-term Issues – those you need or want to solve THIS quarter, belong on your Level 10 Agenda’s Issues List. Long-term Issues – those you don’t want to be distracted by until next quarter (or later) – belong on...

read more

Recent Articles

Follow Us

The Lodestone Team of Business Coaches Speak Your Language.

Because they are all entrepreneurs, they understand the pain of running a business. They are trained to lead sessions so you can learn how to get back on track, and rediscover why you want to succeed.