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Combating the Negativity of Success

I recently received a report from an EOS® company leader who said their team has been feeling a bit “bummed” lately. They felt this way  after perfectly good Level 10 meetings™️, even when a lot got done!

Their concern was that the Level 10’s seemed to focus on “negative things,” like problems, barriers, obstacles, ISSUES, thus leading to a feeling of general negativity.

I did some correspondence on this with my “Honey Badger” tribe of fellow EOS Implementers, and they, too, noted that this is not uncommon. I’ve done a bit of online research, and it turns out that it is quite normal for high-performing teams to experience this occasionally.

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Expect Good Turnover

Years ago, I bought my dream car: a three-year-old 1984 BMW 528e. Suddenly, I started noticing other BMWs just like mine on the road everywhere.

Psychologists tell us that this is the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, otherwise known as frequency illusion or recency illusion. This occurs when the thing you’ve just noticed, experienced, or been told about, suddenly seems to crop up constantly.

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What the Heck is a State of the Company?

Although not as glamorous as the President’s annual address to Congress, a State of the Company address is no less important. Delivered regularly to the workforce by your Visionary or Integrator, the SOCA is a critical part of sharing with everyone your vision and your plan to achieve it.

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What the Heck is a Core Values Speech?

Once your leadership team discovers your company’s Core Values, it’s time to start using them to lay the foundation of your organization’s culture. To do that, you must have a compelling Core Values Speech.

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Your Culture is Your Fault

When the culture of a business begins to decline, many leadership teams are tempted to blame their employees for their own failures instead of recognizing that the solution begins with the team not only taking ownership of the issues it has created, but also in taking ownership of solving them.

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