1521: Pivot on Purpose: Reinvent Your Calling with EOS for Greater Clarity, Freedom, and Team Momentum with Joshua Adams

Joshua Adams is a serial entrepreneur, EOS Implementer, and former branding agency founder dedicated to helping visionary leaders gain clarity, traction, and freedom in their organizations. After transforming his own business using the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and selling it after twenty-four years. Joshua now coaches executive teams to break through chaos, foster alignment, and build healthy, sustainable companies. He draws on rich experience in agency leadership, fractional CMO work, and his passion for empowering people to operate in their unique strengths.
In this episode of Marketer of the Day, Joshua Adams returns to join Robert Plank, sharing the personal and professional pivots that set him on his current path. Joshua exposes the pitfalls of goal procrastination, the energizing power of “artificial urgency,” and why so many businesses need, not just more software but an operating framework like EOS to truly thrive. Listeners will learn about the importance of shared language, how consistency in leadership systems prevents organizational drift, and why, ultimately, professional success is built atop lessons learned from failure. Joshua also highlights the fulfillment he discovers daily by coaching leadership teams and empowering them to do their best work.
Quotes:
“Success is a big pile of failure that you’re standing on. Without our failures, we are not, we cannot be successful.”
“When you set that artificial sense of urgency, you spark the energy and momentum that gets things done. It’s healthier, and it pushes us forward.”
“Language matters. Calling things by different names creates confusion, but common language builds clarity and alignment across the team.”
Resources:
- Connect with Joshua Adams on LinkedIn
- Learn more about how Joshua helps leaders build healthy, sustainable companies on their website.
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