PROMOTION The Power of Using an Entrepreneurial Operating System

Paul Taylor, Taylor Valve Technology CEO, was looking to add structure and accountability when he took the reins at the business his father started and grew successfully for a generation. As a second-generation leader, he was ready to take the business to the next level.

He turned to EOS – or the Entrepreneurial Operating System – and embraced its complete set of simple concepts and practical tools that has helped thousands of other entrepreneurs grow their business.

And it worked: Three years later, his company has had back-to-back record years of growth and the organization has a clear plan for how to achieve even more.

“EOS gives ways to grow your business and ways to stabilize your business with a lot of practical tools that help things run a lot smoother,” Taylor said. “We’re more profitable now and we have a strong future and a stronger business overall because we implemented EOS into our business model.”

For Taylor, EOS helped him create a true leadership team that could lay out a clear vision for Taylor Valve Technology’s future.

“It is one of the best things we have done,” Taylor said. “For us, we did not have a lot of structure or processes before beginning EOS. What EOS gives us is like a playbook on how to have a really strong business. EOS is written by business people for business people. It’s not theory or academic. It’s simple processes, but it’s not easy to implement. But through working quarterly with our certified EOS implementer, and weekly as a leadership team, it’s been very good for us. It has shown us a path and helped us grow and be a stronger business.”

Michael Dillard, Century Martial Arts Chief Financial Officer, also helps guide his second-generation family business. His company, which employs nearly 300 people, is beginning its third year implementing EOS.

“It’s given us a different vocabulary to use as a company,” Dillard said. “For us, it just provided a high-level of clarity, and it really changed our whole company.”

Dillard said EOS helps companies focus on a clear vision with tangible to-dos to drive healthy company growth – something that he saw happen in the first 90 days of implementing EOS.

“EOS walks you through a process that’s very detailed,” he said. “If your organization is not seeing the kind of growth that you want, this is a solution. And it’s not a theoretical one either; it’s very practical. Within 90 days, it changed things for us. It is a long term solution, but it doesn’t take months and months to see results.”