In this episode of Local Leaders podcast, Toby Massengal, joins the show and shares his journey from starting a small landscape business to becoming an EOS Implementer. Toby's story begins with a trip to Greece at 21 years old, leading him to join his father's landscape business. Over time, Toby grew the business into a successful venture, which included landing a significant commercial project - the Mall of Louisiana.
Toby highlights his frustration with managing the organization one piece at a time. He shares his decision to sell the business due to various challenges and personal events, which led to a period of decompression. Eventually, with a newfound drive, Toby reenters the business world as an EOS Implementer, focusing on implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) in organizations.
Toby explains the three main goals of EOS - getting everyone on the same page, creating traction around the vision, and promoting a healthy leadership team. He delves into the six key components of EOS - vision, people, data, issues, process, and traction. These components aim to align organizations towards a common vision, ensure the right people are in the right seats, utilize data for decision-making, address issues promptly, establish efficient processes, and execute the vision with discipline.
The episode concludes with a preview of the detailed discussion on each component in the follow-up episode next week.
Timestamps
03:58 Trip to Greece and Involvement in Family Business
10:15 Selling the Family Business
11:24 Commercial Project: Mall of Louisiana
16:47 Discovering the Book "Traction"
27:03 Realization and Selling of the Business
31:55 Reconnecting with Vistage Group and EOS Implementer
38:34 Decision to Become an EOS Implementer
43:44 Importance of EOS System for Business Success
49:31 Overview of the Six Key Components of EOS
Buy "Traction" on amazon:
https://a.co/d/hoNVTpF
Visit EOS on the web:
https://www.eosworldwide.com
