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Traction
- Get a Grip on Your Business
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Categories: Business & Careers, Business Development & Entrepreneurship
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Summary
Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you?
All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations: personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It’s not complicated or theoretical.
The Entrepreneurial Operating System is a practical method for achieving the business success you have always envisioned. More than 2,000 companies have discovered what EOS can do.
InTraction, you’ll learn the secrets of strengthening the six key components of your business. You’ll discover simple yet powerful ways to run your company that will give you and your leadership team more focus, more growth, and more enjoyment. Successful companies are applying Traction every day to run profitable, frustration-free businesses - and you can too.
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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- Kyle
- 20-01-17
Pretty good
Some useful tips and ideas like the scorecard.
For large businesses it's great, but for sole traders far less so.
A few really good ideas came from it, but lots of lists make it hard to follow at times. Fine if you're working at a desk whilst listening, but not for in the car etc.
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- Jay S.
- 15-07-16
outstanding information, will be buying the book
jam packed full of systems and methods to apply to your book I quickly realised I wanted to write everything this down but in the end just listened through and decided I'd buy the book. honestly I'm not even going to buy the kindle version, I'm going to buy the paperback because I want the information on paper. before you buy the audio book or papepr book you can check on the Eos worldwide website for a bunch of free resources but they mostly won't have context without the book.
3 people found this helpful
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- Brad
- 26-03-18
Great audiobook
Packed full of value! I have just ordered the paperback version too so I can go through everything again. I think this book is just what my company needs at the moment, after recently merging with another company, things are a bit all over the place and hopefully the tools etc in this book will pull us all together, and get everyone on the same page.
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- Dean Breyley
- 06-03-15
Wish someone had told me of this years ago!!!
Business will be a whole new ball game with this system at your disposal. Easy to adopt and implement and the results are so powerful. Your life will actually change for the better.
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- Jason
- 04-03-15
Solid material
Because it is a process driven system the material is dry
The reader is monotone and this doesn't enliven the content
The EOS is a commendable system and worth implementing
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- kristie lucas-taylor
- 23-01-21
Fantastic book.
We are a successful company with a turnover of over £25m and 300 employees, and wow, we have so much more to learn. Truly enlightening!
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- Scott H.
- 11-01-21
E-myth on steroids
Step by step process to getting your shit together and scaling.
Challenged some strongly held beliefs that had been stopped me thriving
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- Simon
- 26-09-20
A must read for any business owner is hitting a ceiling
I’ve grown my business from 2 to 30 people and have been struggling with the next stage. This is a brilliant book for anybody looking at how to structure their business in a way that allows them to let go!
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- Bradley
- 06-08-20
Awesome stuff
an absolute must read for ALL business owners! amazing advice and guidance that now needs to be ACTED upon
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- Anonymous User
- 07-07-20
Extraordinary
I loved that makes order in the chaos. Useful information. I had "AHA" moments. Totally recomand!
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- Ryan Taft
- 06-03-18
this is for 50+ employee companies, not small ones
I thought this was about how to build a company, it's not. its about how to take a medium sized company and improve/automate it. the content is good, but not what I needed for my small business.
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- Chad
- 23-07-19
Not innovative, but a specific process.
There's not really much here that you haven't heard many times before in other business books. The anecdotes and jokes in particular tend to be very tired, and often references other books that the concepts came from. But there is one key way in which it stands out: it presents a list of steps to follow. You certainly could take the book and work through the processes one at a time in your business. (I feel this book is geared to small businesses with 5-200 employees.) That makes it much more practical than many other books. So hey, worth a shot, right?
14 people found this helpful
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- Brian Kashner
- 28-07-15
Best business & culture building book I've ever read.
I've read almost all of the top books written about building teams, scaling out organizations, building culture, etc. (Rockefeller habits, start with why, good to great, etc. ) and this book tops em all by far.
22 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-09-17
awesome system for running a business
Loved this book! Very actionable system for establishing new ways and working and getting everyone on the same page with the company direction.
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- Fortuna Vardeman
- 05-01-18
Love the concept
I love all the concept. Can’t wait to implement the structure level 10 meeting in our dental office. We have meeting but it is a hit and miss because of crazy schedule. This align with my consultant accountability preaching.
Creates less drama in the organization.
8 people found this helpful
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- H-H
- 07-01-18
Great business advice
What made the experience of listening to Traction the most enjoyable?
I listened to this while the startup I was working for was going through some hard times. The more I listened to it, the more I realized we were on the wrong path. When attorneys spoke to employees about their ideas on how to fix the company, I felt like I was prepared to make a good case for some change.
What did you like best about this story?
I got what I wanted out of this book and don't feel a need to read more - however if I find myself working for another startup company, it might be time to read it again.
Which character – as performed by Kevin Pierce – was your favorite?
Lots of examples and anecdotes. Without it, this would have been a very boring book, but the plentiful real-life examples made it easy to listen to.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Nothing
Any additional comments?
It makes a good point that company mantras might feel cheesy, but they are needed. If you're going through a list of ideals you want your employees to follow, you will soon realize what you want in a person that you hire - and you will realize the employees you have that don't follow your standards.
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- Nathan J. Solla
- 15-03-19
Actionable insights based on real life experience.
I'd recommend this book if you want to transform your company or are starting a new company. It offers a total solution for operational excellence that impacts every aspect of running a business. Some of the content may seem familiar if you tend to read a lot of business books. (In fact many of the main points are quoting other authors.) But there are several great insights in this book that are not available elsewhere, and they are quite helpful for any business owner or executive leader. This book does a good job of taking the key principles of business success and making them actionable. For example, before reading this book I would think, feel, and say that "I hated meetings". This book changed the way I look at meetings, but it didn't stop there. It then gave me a system on exactly how to conduct great meetings. Now, I can say that "I used to hate poorly planned meetings", but now I cannot emphasize strongly enough the importance of regular meetings, because they are efficient and effective, and necessary for team communication.
After you read this book you WILL have a SYSTEM that you can use to run your business. As it turns out, SYSTEMS are what business is all about.
I gave it 4/5 stars for "performance" because of a few minor enunciation errors made by the narrator which were quite distracting. Articulation matters! Overall - excellent book and definitely worth a listen!
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- Virgiliu Lupu Sfarlea
- 03-04-19
A few Good points, stretched over six hours
In my case, this book was not at all life-changing. All the points in there are valid, the main idea is that in order to have a successful organization, there needs to be systems in place, people to follow them, and have the right people in the right mindset. This is all very obvious.
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- Doctor Joe
- 15-07-18
Great Book
Traction was put together well and was very helpful. In my opinion it expands on the book the E Myth. I would advise any business owner and entrepreneur to read and study Traction.
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- John Watson
- 19-07-19
Good
The content is good and the performance is good, but overall, it's just... good. I got some solid nuggets out of this book. The best way I can explain it is that I wouldn't give this book a second read.
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