Running a business is no easy feat. If you’ve found yourself feeling stuck or overwhelmed, rest assured, you are not alone. Business leaders across industries often face similar challenges that drain their energy and hinder their success. Enter the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), a proven framework designed to elevate businesses by addressing the root causes of these frustrations.
We surveyed entrepreneurs currently running their businesses on EOS and uncovered the five most common reasons they turned to this system. These frustrations include People (82%), Control, Profit, Hitting the Ceiling, and Nothing’s Working/Trying Lots of Things.
This blog will explore these challenges in detail and show you how EOS provides the tools to resolve them.
The Five Biggest Business Frustrations
1. People Problems
Your team is the heartbeat of your organization. But when you have the wrong people in the wrong seats, it can create more chaos than clarity. Issues like poor communication, lack of accountability, and cultural misalignment can sabotage growth.
Entrepreneurs told us that managing people was their number-one frustration. One respondent shared, “I could never trust my team to execute and follow through until we started running on EOS.”
Our Solution: EOS tools like the People Analyzer and the Accountability Chart simplify managing and structuring your team. They help you identify the right people who align with your Core Values and ensure they are in roles where they can succeed. By fostering open communication and building accountability, people problems become a thing of the past.
2. Lack of Control
Many business owners feel like their business is running them, not the other way around. It often feels like you’re putting out fires or working harder with no tangible results. Does that sound familiar?
Our Solution: EOS helps you regain control through tools like the Vision/Traction Organizer. This two-page plan enables you to clarify your vision and focus on achieving measurable goals. With everyone aligned and pulling in the same direction, you’ll not only regain control but also create a business that works for you, not the other way around.
3. Profit is Stagnant or Unpredictable
If your profit margins are shrinking or you’re struggling to keep revenue consistent, it can create added stress and limit your ability to grow.
Our Solution: The Scorecard allows you to focus on the metrics that matter. By tracking weekly numbers like cash flow, revenue, and customer satisfaction, EOS gives you real-time insights to fix problems before they snowball. You’ll uncover inefficiencies, make better decisions, and build a more profitable business.
One leader shared, “Tracking key metrics with our Scorecard completely turned around how we manage profit, helping us identify waste and reinvest in people and technology.”
4. Hitting the Ceiling
Growth is exciting, but it can also lead to bottlenecks. At a certain point, the methods that worked in the past might stop producing results, leaving your business feeling stagnant or stuck.
Our Solution: EOS offers strategies to break through barriers and drive growth. Tools like Quarterly Rocks keep your team focused on achieving high-impact goals every 90 days. The Meeting Pulse, featuring Level 10 Meetings, fosters consistent planning and alignment, ensuring momentum is sustained.
The goal is to simplify, delegate, and elevate your processes so you can continuously scale toward your goals.
5. Nothing’s Working
Maybe you’ve read the books, attended workshops, and tried every trendy solution, but nothing sticks. It can feel like throwing ideas at the wall and hoping something sticks.
Our Solution: EOS is not a quick fix, but rather a proven process designed for lasting change. By addressing your business through the Six Key Components (Vision, People, Data, Issues, Processes, and Traction), you’ll have a complete framework for diagnosing and solving challenges at their core.
One client summed it up perfectly, saying, “EOS gave us structure and a playbook that finally worked, even after we’d tried everything else.”
Solving Frustrations with EOS
Here’s how EOS directly solves these challenges and sets your business up for success.
Clarity Through the Vision/Traction Organizer
The Vision/Traction Organizer gives your leadership team a unified vision, focusing everyone on your goals and the steps to achieve them. Whether it’s a three-year picture or quarterly priorities, the Vision/Traction Organizer eliminates guesswork and creates alignment.
Accountability with People Tools
Using tools like the People Analyzer, EOS ensures you bring on team members who truly embody your company’s Core Values. Combine this with the Accountability Chart, and you’ll finally have clarity around roles and responsibilities, making accountability second nature.
Data-Driven Decision-Making
With the Scorecard, you’ll collect and monitor the metrics that predict results. Whether it’s weekly revenue or customer satisfaction, the Scorecard gives you a pulse on your business and empowers proactive decision-making.
Resolving Issues with IDS
EOS teaches the Identify, Discuss, Solve (IDS) framework to address roadblocks systematically. This approach ensures that every meeting results in actionable solutions rather than endless discussion.
Consistency via Processes
EOS emphasizes process systemization. By documenting and refining your core processes, your team will deliver consistent results without cutting corners.
Data and Tracking with the EOS Scorecard
One of the most impactful EOS tools is the Scorecard. This simple yet powerful tool tracks 5–15 key weekly measures that predict your future success. By focusing on what truly matters, you empower your team to make better decisions and maintain accountability.
Metrics include categories like revenue, accounts receivable, and weekly sales activity. Teams that use Scorecards note faster problem-solving, higher accountability, and better teamwork. When your Scorecard is dialed in, you have a crystal-clear picture of your business health.
EOS Empowers Entrepreneurs to Rise Above Frustrations
Entrepreneurship comes with challenges, but you don’t have to face them alone. EOS is more than a framework; it’s a transformational approach to running your business better. By implementing EOS, entrepreneurs solve their biggest frustrations, unlocking clarity, control, and consistent growth. Stop spinning your wheels and start solving your business’s core challenges. The first step? Schedule a 90 Minute Meeting to see how it can work for you.
