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Get a Grip
- An Entrepreneurial Fable - Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results
- Narrated by: T. David Rutherford
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Categories: Business & Careers, Business Development & Entrepreneurship
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Summary
It’s time to take your business to the next level.
Eileen Sharp and Vic Hightower were frustrated. After years of profitable, predictable growth, Swan Services was in a rut. Meetings were called and discussions held, but few decisions were made and even less got done. People were pointing fingers and assigning blame, but nothing happened to solve Swan’s mounting problems. It felt as though they were working harder than ever but with less impact. The company Eileen and Vic had founded and built for 10 years was a different place. It just wasn’t fun anymore.
Their story is not unusual. The challenges they were facing are common, predictable, and solvable. Get A Grip tells the story of how Swan Services resolves its issues by implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System. With the help of EOS, Eileen, Vic, and their leadership team master a set of managerial tools that allow them to get traction on their business, grow the business, and deliver better results for clients.
The story of Swan Services is a fable, but the Entrepreneurial Operating System is very real and has helped thousands of businesses worldwide. A complete entrepreneurial toolkit, EOS has helped thousands of businesses get to where they want to be.
In Get a Grip, learn how Swan Services leaders learned to develop and commit to a clear vision, establish focus, build discipline, and create a healthier and more cohesive team.
With characters and situations created from collective business experiences and stories, Get a Grip is a fable that will ring true for entrepreneurial leaders the world over and guide them to get their companies on track.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
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- m4tty
- 13-08-20
Great book and story but the narrator
Loved the book and the way it flowed but the narrator needs to slow down and pause more. Too often sections and sentences just flowed into one another making it difficult to absorb the info before trying to process where you were.
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- Mark H.
- 19-07-20
Worse narration I have come across
I couldn’t listen to more than 5 minutes of this narration the sucking of air in before starting each sentence is so annoying I’ll have to buy the book as I can’t listen to this!
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- Anonymous User
- 12-06-20
Enjoyable story to listen and learn about EOS
I found this book ready to listen to. It helped cement my understanding of the EOS System through a practical working example.
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- Obi Abuchi
- 10-12-18
Just what the Doctor ordered
This book is essential reading for every business leader interested in solid and sustainable growth.
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- Daren
- 19-08-18
Will send you crazy
Style of book is awful, he said, she said, he said - just a waste of time it will do your head in
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- Mike
- 26-07-17
Very Good Companion Book to "Traction"
Very good. Companion book to "Traction", one of my top-three-ranked all-time business books. A well-written, very realistic (it's basically what we've experienced over the past two years) fictional account of a company getting itself organized using the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). Of you are interested, call me at Hunter Rowe Real Estate or search "Ben Goetz" on Google and call him, he is our "EOS Implementer".
5 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-06-18
Life-Changer
Co-owning one of the states top real estate teams has been anything but glamorous. We sell real estate well and run the business poorly. This book has already changed that and I can see immediate growth and results that I believe will create better lives and a better business!
4 people found this helpful
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- DBCooper
- 20-06-18
Just another story retold
This book is a story version of “traction”. Some people might find it easier to follow in this format. I would recommend you read jim Collins good to great first. Then read traction and use the EOS tools to help your business.
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- M.Pearson
- 15-03-18
EOS Must
EOS explained in a story format. This really helped me understand the main Principles of EOS.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-02-18
A great example of Traction
I loved the book, it held my interest. I could hardly wait to see what happened next. The narrator's Voice inflection was spot-on and helped visualize the story very well. I highly recommend this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-09-17
Good content, but hard to listen to
The guy who reads this does a terrible job of breaking up sentences and thoughts. He reads it like one never-ending run-on sentence.
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- Kindle Customer
- 23-01-18
this is a great fable
while it is difficult to apply the theoretical book this fiction make it easier to imagine real scenarios and apply traction proceeds step by step
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- Jake K.
- 25-06-17
Fast reader, not much of a fable
I got much more out of the actual "Traction" book. This "fable" is more like minutes from a business meeting than an actual story. Tough to get through. Plus the narrator was pretty speedy-- tough to follow.
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- Michael J. Ritsema
- 02-06-17
Great for small business
This book is perfectly aligned to small business owners and managers. It's practical and actionable.
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- Jeremy
- 18-01-21
Buy it now!
This is my new number one small business and entrepreneurship book of all time. If you run a business you will have the frustrations that these guys go through and you will need these tools read this before you read traction in my opinion