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  • An Entrepreneurial Fable - Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results
  • By: Mike Paton, Gino Wickman
  • Narrated by: T. David Rutherford
  • Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (95 ratings)
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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.

©2012 Gino Wickman and Mike Paton (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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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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Great book

After listening to Traction and Rocket Fuel, this book really brought the EOS methodology to life! Highly recommended.

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Superb management book

This is an excellent management book, if you have a small management team and want to make much greater progress.

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Good points but dragged on.

Struggled to finish, but I did. Decent points made but quite repetitive. The narrator is boring. Would recommend reading a summary rather than listening to this.

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Starts off salesy but then starts to get the point across

The concept is actually very good and does help put things into context even if some of the points are a little too obvious. Overall worth listening too

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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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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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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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Just what the Doctor ordered

This book is essential reading for every business leader interested in solid and sustainable growth.

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