EOS Model: the six key components every business must manage

Executive overview

The EOS Model is a visual framework that identifies the six components every business must actively manage to become great. The components — Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Traction — apply universally regardless of company size or industry. Leaders and managers who focus attention on all six create the conditions for everything else in the business to fall into place.

Strengthening all six EOS components simultaneously is what separates good businesses from great ones.

The six key components

• Vision: ensuring everyone in the organisation knows where the business is going and how it will get there
• People: having the right people in the right seats throughout the business
• Data: running the business on a small set of measurable, objective numbers
• Issues: surfacing, discussing, and permanently solving problems rather than letting them recur
• Process: identifying and documenting the core ways the business operates so they can be followed consistently
• Traction: instilling discipline and accountability so the vision is executed week by week

Applying the model

• The framework is designed to be applicable to any business, large or small, in any industry
• All six components must be managed and strengthened together — neglecting one weakens the whole system
• The model provides a shared visual language that helps leadership teams align around the same priorities