Thinking that moves you forward.

Great guidance is only half the equation. Without a system, many founders fall off the coaching cliff, stuck between insight and implementation.

Let me say this first: I believe in business coaching.

After I founded, scaled, and sold multiple businesses, I became a business coach, a proud (if accidental) one. Later, I served as a founding coach with Michael Hyatt’s elite team, coaching hundreds of business owners directly and watching thousands more find traction through strategic insight, acc...

You’re doing the meetings, the rocks, and the scorecard, but you are not making the progress you imagined. Discover an EOS alternative that delivers what’s missing—and gets you closer to your vision

When Rocks Fail to Build a Strategic Planning System

A lot of business owners turn to EOS because it offers what so many crave: structure, accountability, and a repeatable rhythm. For many, it’s their first real attempt with a strategic planning framework—and that alone is a meaningful step forward...

“Oh, I know where I’m taking my company,” said the business owner I was having coffee with this morning. “It’s just hard to explain.”

“Try,” I replied, taking a sip.

“I guess if I had to put it into words, my vision for this company is to make enough money for my family to live comfortably.”

“That’s a good goal,” I prompted. “But is that something your team can get excited about? Do those words even excite you?”

Pause. Which was a good sign. Because we both knew the answer. And it led to the...

Over the years I have seen so many leaders end the year frustrated and tired that, after all their effort, there is little or no result. Despite the hours of meetings and conversations, the late nights, the early mornings, and all the thinking that was applied to figure out how to get the work done, nothing happened.

In his book, Rumsfeld’s Rules, Donald Rumsfeld defines strategy as “a general plan of action fashioned to achieve a major goal. It is the process by which goals are prioritized and...