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The Space Between Us When Something Breaks

Gavin Brauer — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:17:17 GMT

When I was about eight, my best friend was a Japanese boy named Soshi Okamoto. It was through Soshi’s family that I fell in love with Japanese culture and first learned of a Japanese art form called Kintsugi, which literally means “golden repair.”

What I love about Kintsugi is that it doesn’t hide what's broken - it highlights it - and in doing so makes the object stronger and more beautiful than before it broke.

But this isn’t an article about pottery. It’s about people, and what happens in the space between us when something breaks.

One of the hardest truths in life is that relationships - at home and at work - break down more often than we care to acknowledge. People misunderstand each other. Expectations don’t get met. Words land wrong. Trust gets dented. And suddenly, something that once felt strong starts to feel fragile in ways you can’t ignore.

When relationships start to break, the natural response is usually not repair. It’s protection. We pull back. We stop saying what we really think. We start managing risk instead of leaning into relationship. Without anyone wanting it, the space between us grows and divisiveness takes the place of cohesion. Trust breaks down.

Some teams step back from the mess and try in vain to avoid it. Great teams lean in. They tell the truth, they listen with openness, they commit to each other, and they forgive.

Here’s my challenge to you… with your relationships that feel strained right now, will you choose commitment over withdrawal, forgiveness over resentment, and forward movement over staying stuck?

If repairing the relationship is not the right solution for you, that’s okay. Admit the truth and go your separate ways. At least you’ll both get unstuck.

But if repair is needed, find the place from where you are willing to engage. Then follow these 3 steps…

(1) commit to the team you have,

(2) forgive when you get hurt, and

(3) keep walking forward together.

Whatever you do, don’t ignore and hide the truth.

Now, here’s the secret sauce: commitment, forgiveness, and moving forward are not one-time decisions.

Old hurts don’t disappear overnight. Just like old wounds have a way of reopening. The same frustration resurfaces, and every time it does, we have to make the same choice again:

Will I recommit?

Will I forgive?

Will I keep moving forward with this person?

We do this because we all know that relationships aren’t healed by one act of forgiveness. They’re healed by a thousand renewed decisions to stay committed to one another.

Follow these principles and you just may find that when relationships break - sometimes - they come back stronger.

That’s golden repair.

When done with pottery, it’s beautiful.

With people, it’s priceless.

Have a relationship on your team that's stuck? I can help.

Call or text me at (647) 403-4679. Friends helping friends.

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The Fog of Uncertainty

Gavin Brauer — Sun, 31 May 2026 22:51:03 GMT

I have a number of people in my life going through a hard time right now. I suspect many of us do. At some point we all end up in “the fog” - uncertain, overwhelmed, and struggling to see a clear path forward. That’s life.

As for my fog… for a long time I’ve been seeking to understand what makes me tick and how I create value for other people. Wanting clarity, I surveyed a number of people asking them “what do you see as my superpower?” The first response back was one word in all caps, KINDNESS.

This was the response I saw coming and feared most. For years I struggled to understand how being kind helped create real tangible value for other people. My mind would tell me… “sure you’re nice… but other than making people feel better… how does that really help… how does that add real value?”

What’s completely messed up about my thought process is that I know with my entire soul how important positive emotion is for motivation, clear thinking, and getting stuff done. I’ve been studying this 💩 for decades… read all the books (The Confident Mind, Tiny Habits, Man’s Search for Meaning, and countless more)… and doing the work for just as long.

So why was I thinking in a way that was so wrong?

Well, that’s what the fog does to us. When life is uncertain and we’re not clear on where we’re going, fear takes over. Our minds start telling us 💩 that is a complete lie. Maybe it’s our ego trying to protect our psyche, maybe it’s something else. But the hard truth is that when fear creeps up, it’s really hard to be at our best. And this world needs us to be our best.

In retrospect, that first response from asking people about my superpower was exactly what I needed. It forced me to face my truth and dig deeper. Thankfully I received a number of other response that provided the additional context I needed. I also had the help of my good friend (and Interim Integrator/COO) Gina Lee to make sense of the feedback.

I’m happy to report that I’m no longer seeking. I now understand how my kindness creates value for others. I am through the fog… and I can tell you something that you already know… going through the fog is hard.

On my darkest days, I’d lean on music to help me through. The song I had playing on repeat for years was Fix You by Coldplay. The lyric that helped me most…

When you try your best, but you don't succeed…

But if you never try, you'll never know… Just what you're worth.

Lights will guide you home… And ignite your bones… And I will try to fix you.

Looking back, the most dangerous part of the fog is that it distorts reality. It convinces us we’re stuck, broken, incapable, or alone. But we’re none of these things. We just can’t see clearly - yet.

While going through the fog people don’t need someone to fix them. They need someone to help them see reality clearly enough to keep momentum moving forward.

That’s true in life, and it’s especially true in leadership. Most business problems become clearer when we’re willing to face reality honestly and work through it with the right support.

Here’s my kind offer for you… if you (or someone you know) is in the fog and would like help from someone who genuinely cares about your success, then please reach out to me. I don’t have the answer, but I do have some questions that might help. My skill is helping you face the hard truth with kindness, clarity, and courage.

Call or text me at (647) 403-4679. Friends helping friends.

P.S., the concept of the fog comes from the book WHAT TO MAKE OF A LIFE by Jim Collins. It’s his latest book, and it’s awesome. You can get it on Amazon here.

For those of you who would prefer a video, then this might be for you…

Call or text me at (647) 403-4679. Friends helping friends.

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What a Waste Collection Operator Taught Me About Core Values

Gavin Brauer — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:01:34 GMT

Some of life’s greatest lessons are learned in the most unexpected places. I was walking home from dropping my car for a service at Mike’s Auto Trust Technicians when I decided to take the long way through my favourite ravine.

When I popped out of the ravine I happened upon Chane. He works for Miller Waste Systems and was collecting green bins. I noticed that Chane was both driving the truck and picking up the bins. This surprised me and I asked him about it. During a very brief conversation I learned that Chane starts his day around 5am and works hard and efficiently so he can get home at a reasonable time to be with his family. I also learned that Chane has a teenage son who wants to be a lawyer. This he told me with an extra bright glean in his eyes.

Then something else surprised me… a thought popped into my mind that I’d really enjoy spending my days working along Chane collecting trash. This is not a job I’d normally aspire to, but the idea of working outside with someone who was kind, hardworking, and cared deeply about his family seemed like a pretty good way to make a buck.

So often I hear people complaining that “it’s impossible to find good help these days.” But I also remember hearing this all the time when I was a teenager working in a sporting goods store half a lifetime ago.

I’m sure by now you see the point - finding good people may be difficult - but when we live strong Core Values in and authentic way - we attract the right people and repel the wrong people.

The trick is getting crystal clear on what your real Core Values are. Not the behaviours you wish existed in your company, but the ones that you genuinely live day-in and day-out. Once you discover these you then go about bringing them to life, working relentlessly to preserve and spread them.

Anyone you let into your company who dilutes your Core Values will destroy the culture you are fighting to protect.

Thankfully, when we hold people accountable to behaving in congruence with our real Core Values, the ones who don’t fit will often leave on their own.

At EOS, we have a super simple tool called the People Analyzer that helps us manage this. Check it out below. It works.

Reach out to me if you'd like a PDF copy of the People Analyzer.

I know this is not easy… if you’re a leader then it’s on you to find the intestinal fortitude to make your Core Values sing throughout your entire organization. If you’re an employee working in an organization that doesn’t align with the values you hold most sacred, then run. I can tell you from my own experience and the experience of every one of my clients… this takes guts… it’s crazy scary… but once you find the courage and take action… life gets so much better.

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Learning to Trust Myself

Gavin Brauer — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:57:33 GMT

The most common question I have been asked throughout the years since starting my business KindHuman, is where did the name come from?

I’ve always told the origin story in terms of two things. The name came from my founding partner, Adam Abramowicz, and it’s a play on the word humankind with an emphasis on kindness.

But there is a story I’ve never told. And it wasn’t until I had spent nearly a decade of working on my ride within that I recognized how it was that I came to start a bicycle business called KindHuman.

Since a very young age I was grasping to find something that would help me become my authentic self. I knew that I was a kind person and had the capacity to make a meaningful contribution to this world during my lifetime.

However, I didn’t trust myself.

So where to find this sense of trust I so desperately needed?

My dad was a successful entrepreneur and I have strong business instincts. I also love outdoor and adventurous sports such as skiing, mountaineering, and cycling. So I started searching for a business that would help me become the person I wanted to be. In doing so, I was using something external to me - in this case a business - to place my trust. KindHuman was that business and it was a big name to live up to.

Starting KindHuman is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. Not many people have the privilege of starting a business that they dreamed of creating since childhood. I spent decades yearning to create my own sporting goods brand. And one day in my early thirties I found the courage to turn my dream into reality.

What I didn’t expect was the flood of negative emotions that started to come up after starting KindHuman. The hardest one for me to deal with was the sense of shame I felt owning a business with the name KindHuman. While I was genuinely a kind person, I am far from perfect and there are many things I have done in my life that I wish I hadn’t. I’d have nightmares of some of these things coming out into the light from the darkness of my past. I felt like a fraud and this was a hard thing to feel.

Intellectually, I knew that I am human like the rest of us. Emotionally, I couldn’t get over it.

As I eluded to above, I have spent close to a decade working with my coach, Janelle Smiley, on healing my past trauma and rediscovering my authentic self. As difficult as this journey has been, I wouldn’t change it for anything. Through this journey, my shame has been replaced by love. A change that has infinitely improved my life.

The foundation of this transformation was learning how to trust myself.

Through this I have truly found what we in the EOS community call the EOS Life. There are five components to this… doing what you love, with people you love, making a huge difference, being compensated appropriately, with time for other passions.

Here’s another secret… I started writing this article without a clear understanding of the main message I wanted to share with this story. In the end, I think it’s about understanding that the powerful systems and tools I use to improve my life and my clients lives are limited without a foundation of trust in one’s self.

For example, I genuinely believe that EOS is an amazingly powerful system for helping a team of people grow an organization that truly matters. But if the people on that team don’t trust in themselves, then EOS (and any system) will be greatly limited in its power.

Today, I no longer need something outside myself to trust so that I can feel whole inside. I have found that sense of knowing that I am enough. And so are you.

With love,

Gavin

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What I Got Wrong About Time Management

Gavin Brauer — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:36:51 GMT

Throughout my life I’ve had a messed up relationship with time. I was diagnosed with a learning disability when I was in elementary school. Life seems to take me more time than most. I read slowly, I speak slowly, and I even think slowly. As such, people have been telling me - throughout my entire life - to hurry up!

Needless to say, I’ve been very self conscious about the speed in which I do things. I get anxious when you put a clock on me. I show up crazy early to most things as a way of dealing with this anxiety. The saying “early is on time and on time is late” is like Prozac for me. Becoming an expert in time management practices and productivity is a necessity for me to achieve my goals. Without this, I would be lost.

As you can see, my relationship with time, as messed up as it’s been, has helped me develop some very helpful skills. But, it’s largely come from a coping mechanism and not necessarily from a place of freedom.

My mindset towards time has been rooted in fear and scarcity. This is not a healthy way to live.

The antidote to my situation is two mental shifts. First is acceptance. While it’s taken years of work, I have learned to accept myself for who I am and am starting to allow my authentic self to shine with brilliant intensity. (A huge thanks to Janelle Smiley and Amy Holtz for this. There are more people who’ve helped and I am grateful for each and everyone of you!)

The second is to approach time with abundance. In full transparency, this is a recent discovery for me. I was taking a workshop on an abundance mindset (lead by my fellow EOS Implementer, Nathen Fox) when he asked us to think about areas where we wanted to foster more abundance. Included in his list of examples was - you guessed it - the word “time.”

Seeing “time” in the list took me by surprise. It had never occurred to me that it was even possible to approach time with abundance - at least not if you want to get important things done. It seems that nobody has enough time, even the people I know who get things done with immense speed.

Here’s what I learned… abundance is not necessarily about infinite resources… it’s also about having enough. Let that sink in… it’s a belief that there is enough for you and there is enough for me.

Nathen also explained that having an abundant mindset doesn’t mean we can disrespect things. For example, you can believe in an abundance of money, but that doesn’t mean you can waste it. Abundance requires us to treat money with respect.

The same approach applies to time. An appropriate approach to an abundant mindset related to time requires us to believe (1) that we have enough time to do what is important to us and (2) to treat our time with respect.

To treat time with respect is to say "yes" to things that serve our vision (as defined by the Vision / Traction Organizer, for those who run on EOS). It is to say "no" to things that don’t align with our vision. Therefore, to have enough time and to respect it, we must prioritize.

To sum this up… to approach time with abundance is to move from scarcity (“I don’t have enough time”) to trust (“I have enough time for what I need and what is important to me”). Do this and time will expand. Ignore this and time will contract.

This simple shift… to believe that I have enough time for what’s most important.. has unleashed something powerful inside of me. I no longer need to rush.

“We have all the time in the world. Time enough for life to unfold all the precious things love has in store. We have all the love in the world. If that's all we have, you will find we need nothing more.” Beautiful words sung by Louis Armstrong in one of my favourite James Bond films, No Time to Die.

And as always, if you’d like my help, please reach out. I’m crazy passionate about this stuff and it would be my honour to help you achieve each and every part of your vision.

Simple. Not easy.

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The Productivity Trap

Gavin Brauer — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:33:41 GMT

One of the top 3 hardest moments of my life happened the summer I was getting ready to head off to university. I was working at my dad’s Serta mattress factory when he called me into his office. “Take a seat on the couch, the doctor called.”

After this, I don’t remember exactly what my father said to me. All I can remember is the pain I felt thinking what my dad must have been going through as he told me that I had the same cancer that killed his mother when he was a child.

Fortunately, I caught my melanoma very early. The only treatment I required was having the malignant moles removed. I was very lucky. This in itself is a story worth telling - how important it is to trust your instincts when it comes to your health. But that’s a story for another day.

Getting cancer at such a young age gave me a deep appreciation for life and the understanding that none of us know how much time we’ve got on this planet. Perhaps this is one of the reasons I’ve been so obsessed with living life to its fullest. At the heart of this was an insatiable desire to master the management of time. To be more and more productive every day.

To say that I’ve forgotten more about time management and productivity skills than most people ever learn would not be an understatement. I’ve read the books, practiced the systems, mastered the software, and taught the classes.

And yet, just like you, I struggle to get it all done.

Like so many people today, I often feel overwhelmed with the volume of tasks I have on my plate any given week.

And then I read the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. The magic of this book was the insight that productivity has a paradox. There’s a trap. The better I get at time management skills, the more work I have. Becoming more productive allows me to reply to more emails, call more prospects, complete more projects. But the faster I get at replying to emails, the more people email me back. The more prospects I call, the more meetings I books, and so on… The more productive I get, the more work I create for myself.

And it gets worse… the technology we have to enable this trap keeps expanding exponentially.

This paradox leads to what psychologists would call a double bind. Whether or not you improve your time management skills, the outcome is more overwhelm in terms of the amount of work to get done.

So what’s a person to do? Is there truly no escape?

As with most important things in life, the answer comes from accepting the reality in front of us. In this case, it’s about accepting that there will always be more to do, no matter how efficient we may become.

And this is the main message of Four Thousand Weeks, we are all human and we all have limits. We can not outrun the universe. The universe will win every - single - time.

Once we accept our universal limitations we are then able to escape the double bind. We do this by accepting that our solution comes not by doing more, but by doing less. By saying no.

In other words, if you want to get more done, then the only option is to master the art of simplification.

In EOS, one of the key tools we teach our clients is the Five Leadership Abilities. This is the first tool we teach because it is the foundation of everything else. And the first Leadership Ability? You guessed it, SIMPLIFY.

If like me, you want to achieve something great and you find yourself overwhelmed with the amount of work on your plate - then pause - and make a choice of what is essential and what is not. Learn to say no.

To go deeper in this topic I recommend the audiobook version of First Things First by Stephen Covey (it’s about an hour long). It’s available for free on Spotify for premium members (link) or you can buy it from the publisher here (link). Pay specific attention to his concept The Clock and the Compass. In short, the compass is your North Star - your vision - your V/TO if you run on EOS. Use that to guide your choices of what you say yes to - and more importantly - what you say no to.

The choice is yours. But you must choose.

And as always, if you’d like my help, please reach out. I’m crazy passionate about this stuff and it would be my honour to help you achieve more by doing less.

Simple. Not easy.

The Indiana Jones fans among us will appreciate this scene. Choose wisely my friends!

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3 Questions to Change the Life of 40K Children Living With a Serious Illness

Gavin Brauer — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:59:01 GMT

Few things will test your faith like a serious illness in an innocent child. So what do you do in the face of so much pain and suffering?

You do what you can to make it better.

This is the story of Campfire Circle. They are an amazing organization that is transforming paediatric healthcare in Ontario. Every child deserves to laugh, play, and form friendships. This is especially true for kids who are too sick to leave the hospital or living with cancer or serious illness. Campfire Circle has a 41-year history of helping children with cancer build social and emotional skills, develop self-confidence and resiliency, and improve their overall well-being.

Campfire Circle currently provides just over 3,000 camper experiences per year. Their goal is to grow this to 10,000 kids per year by 2030. But that’s not all… I don’t believe they are going to rest until they are able to positively impact each and every one of the 40K kids in Ontario who face a serious illness. And when they get there… there will still be more work to do.

Organizations that push themselves to be great have an ability to dream big. They take to heart the words of Viktor Frankl who famously wrote "when we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” This is what it is to set a big, audacious, harry goal (BHAG in Jim Collins speak - Core Target in EOS speak). A goal so big that when you set it, you likely won’t know how you’re going to achieve it.

To bridge the gap from hope, to belief, to sustained action - start with the goal that you want to achieve - and then ask yourself three questions…

Do I believe I can
Do I want it
Am I prepared to do what it takes

When setting a goal ask yourself these questions. If your team is wavering ask these questions to your team.

Believe it, want it, and do what it takes to get it.

If you believe in Campfire Circle and the work they are doing, then it would mean the world to me if you’d donate a buck or two to help make the world a better place for kids with cancer and serious illness

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support.

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R4//Campfire Circle - The Journey

Gavin Brauer — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:46:04 GMT

This September I’ll be riding my bike from Toronto to Quebec City to help kids with cancer go to camp so they can experience the joys of being a kid.

I’ve set a goal to raise $25,000 for this amazing cause. When I decided on this goal I asked myself 3 questions:

Can I do it?
Do I want it?
Am I will to do what it takes to get it?

The answers to the first two questions were easy to decide. The third one, not so much. Raising money is hard. Whether you’re raising money to take your business to the next level or to help a worthy cause, it takes time, energy - and most importantly - the ability to face your fears with consistency and perseverance - and push yourself through the darkness.

This is true of so many important challenges we all take on throughout our lives. Most people I know want something important - to improve our health, to repair a relationship, to make that next key hire, to go after our dreams - but the unfortunate truth is too many of us struggle to do what it takes to get what we want.

And this is one of the things I love most about my work as an EOS Implementer. I help people get what they want.

For those unfamiliar with EOS, it is a two year journey to master a simple, complete, and proven system to get what you want from your business. And the journey starts with a question…

Are you willing to become your best?

This deceptively simple question contain 4 key words that are pure magic when it comes to doing what it takes to get what you want…

You - Only you can do this. You must take complete ownership. You are accountable for making today great.

Willing - You’ve got to want it. In fact, the number one cause of misalignment and disharmony within in organization is that their leadership team no longer wants it. This applies to the individual as well. We see misalignment between our behaviours and our desires when loose focus on what we truly want. You’ve got to want it!

Become - This is a journey. It takes time. It is a process that requires disciplined effort applied consistently over a long period of time.

Best - one of life’s greatest pleasures is achieving our potential. It take work to do this… and it’s totally worth it!

So here I am, facing my fear, and asking you to help me achieve my goal of raising $25,000 for a camp that does amazing work for kids and families going through the fight of a lifetime. Every dollar helps. Every dollar is appreciated. Every dollar makes a difference.

Dream big, execute, and make the world the better,

Gavin

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Who Am I - Part Two

Gavin Brauer — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:59:35 GMT

In Who Am I - Part One I wrote about leadership lessoned I learned reading To Heal a Fractured World, by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. The article explored the fact that so many of the world's greatest leaders experience imposture syndrome questioning “who am I” to be a leader.

In this article, I’d like to explore this from a slightly different perspective… “who am I” as a leader.

Rabbi Sack makes a profound statement in his book… “A good leader creates followers. A great leader creates leaders.”

So how does one create leaders? The first step is to believe. We have to believe in ourself and our ability to be a leader. We also have to believe in the people around us. Often times people need someone to believe in their potential before they are ready to believe in their self.

As Rabbi Sacks wrote, “we grow to fill other people’s expectations of us.” If you want great people, expect that they are great. This help them grow from who they are today to who they are capable of being tomorrow.

While belief is an essential component of being a leader, it is not enough on it’s own. Jim Collins, in his book Good to Great, outlines 5 levels to being a great leader.

Level 1 is the highly capable individual. They make productive contributions through talent, knowledge, skills, and good work habits. They contribute as an individual performer.

Level 2 is the contributing team member. They work effectively with others on the team. They contribute towards achieving the team’s objectives. They are a good team player.

Level 3 is the competent manager. They organize people and resources towards the effective and efficient pursuit of intentional objectives. They manage processes and coordinate teams.

Level 4 is the effective leader. They drive commitment and disciplined action towards a clear and compelling vision. They raise performance standards, create clarity, and prioritize options.

Level 5 is the humble, ambitious, executive. They build great and enduring organizations through humility, ambition, and determined will. They focus on long-term success of the organization. They focus on results while putting the good of the organization ahead of their personal ambition. They create leaders.

Healing a fractured world takes leaders who create more leaders. Life gets better because of the people who believe in a better future and believe in others who are prepared to do what it takes to make it happen. With that, I’ll leave you with a question… who do you want to be as a leader?

P.S., changing gears... last year I road my bike from Toronto to NYC to raise funds to send kids with cancer and serious illness to overnight summer camp. We are helping these kids experience the joys of being a child in spite of the fact that they are going through a huge challenge.

This year I am riding from Toronto to Quebec City. The first three days of this ride are about 200KM each. Since committing to this ride, I have on many occasions asked myself, “who am I” to do this. Every day I get up to train, I have to push past my self-doubt and respond to the call to act.

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Who Am I - Part One

Gavin Brauer — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:52:05 GMT

Lately I’ve been going deep into the writings of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who the world lost (way too soon) in 2020. Rabbi Sacks wrote over 30 books during his lifetime leaving behind a legacy that bridges faith and modern society through a deeper understanding of tolerance, responsibility, and the common good.

In listening to his book To Heal a Fractured World, I was profoundly impacted by chapter 19, “Who Am I.” The chapter starts by explaining how several of the greatest leaders in Jewish history each questioned who am I to be a leader. They each humbly questioned “why me” when they were called to fulfil their purpose. Rabbi Sacks defines leadership as “response ability” - the ability to respond when called to act. It is the ability to understand our purpose and to act upon that purpose.

Personally, I believe that we are here for a purpose and that it’s our duty to fulfill that purpose. At the same time, discovering our purpose is one of the most challenging parts of life. To quote Gino Wickman (who was quoting Mark Twain)…

“The two greatest days in your life are

the day you were born and the day you figure out why.”

As much as this applies to life, it also applies to our work. Thankfully we have tools that when used appropriately help us clearly understanding our individual purpose within the organization.

Two EOS tools that help us understand our purpose at work are the Accountability Chart and the Scorecard.

On the Accountability Chart we create a seat for each function required in the business and then define the 5 primary roles that are fulfilled by that seat. Here is a simplified version of an Accountability Chart…

Once you have defined the seat, the next step is to create a Scorecard so that “everyone has a number.” We ultimately get to the point where everyone in the organization has at least one number for which they are accountable for achieving.

If leadership is the ability to understand our purpose and to act upon that purpose, then as Rabbi Sacks says, “you don’t have to be special to heed the call. All you need is the ability listen to… the challenge unmet, the problem unsolved, the things that need doing but remain undone.”

You don’t need to be in a formal leadership role to lead. It’s not about leader or not leader. It’s about when am I needed to lead. This could be a very big thing, a very small thing, or something in between. Whatever it is get involved, take the initiative, and contribute.

There is another profound quote by Rabbi Sacks, “a good leader creates followers - a great leader creates leaders.” This is one of the things I love most about EOS, at it’s core, EOS is a proven system for creating leaders throughout the organization. Perhaps this will be the topic of my next article.

If this resonates with you, I’d be delighted if you would consider donating to this amazing cause.

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