Achieve Traction is a team of EOS Implementers® united by a passion for helping entrepreneurs get what they want from their businesses. We share a deep commitment to our clients and to one another. That has helped each of us develop into a leader within the larger EOS Implementer Community™. We’re grateful for the unique opportunity to help entrepreneurs, business leaders, and our fellow EOS Implementers® get better results and live their ideal lives.
Mike Paton has been learning from entrepreneurs for most of his life. Today he works hard to give back – as an award-winning speaker, best-selling author, Certified EOS Implementer®, and as the Global Ambassador for EOS Worldwide.
Paton discovered the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®) a dozen years ago while trying to take a $7 million company to the next level. Feeling stuck and more than a little frustrated, his search for answers led him to Gino Wickman and EOS. Having helped run four entrepreneurial companies, Paton instantly recognized the power of this simple, holistic “way of operating” a small business. He quickly became a passionate advocate, joined the Professional EOS Implementer Community™, and dedicated himself to helping other entrepreneurs get what they want from their businesses.
Since then, Paton has conducted more than 1,400 full-day sessions with the leadership teams of more than 135 companies and helped thousands more entrepreneurs by sharing EOS in dynamic talks and workshops the world over. During that journey, Paton wrote “Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable” with Gino Wickman and then succeeded Gino in the role of Visionary for EOS Worldwide for five years. Today as the Global Ambassador for EOS Worldwide, he spends all his time helping entrepreneurs implement EOS, run better businesses, and live better lives
Paton lives in Minneapolis with his wife Kate. Together they have five boys.
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CJ DuBe’ has always been an entrepreneur. With more than 25 years of experience, CJ knows a lot about business and people. Not following a traditional path, CJ has worked in a variety of capacities, from managing a sales team for a large international company, to Director of Operations and HR for a facilities management firm.
Seeing the need for talent management, CJ began consulting with businesses on their talent acquisitions and management functions. In 2006, along with two other talented entrepreneurs, CJ launched the professional contract placement firm Oberon, which in 2009 was ranked third on the Minneapolis – St. Paul Business Journal’s Fast 50 Awards. After selling Oberon CJ went looking for her next entrepreneurial venture and was introduced to Gino Wickman’s book TRACTION. Seeing the benefits of companies Implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®), CJ had found her next obsession.
Since 2010 helping entrepreneurs and their leadership teams has become CJ’s passion. During her journey she has helped over 100 companies clarify, simplify and achieve their vision. An award-winning entrepreneur with a dynamic background, CJ is also a sought-after speaker. She speaks throughout North America to spread the word of EOS and to help companies and leadership teams get better at three things: VISION, TRACTION and HEALTH.CJ is also the Global Community Leader at EOS Worldwide.
CJ is a Minnesota native that splits her time between the Twin Cities and Arizona. A mother of seven and a grandmother of nine CJ is family-oriented and lives life full circle.
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Sean started his career in the corporate world. He later moved to the entrepreneurial world and found his sweet spot. As part of the leadership team in five different entrepreneurial ventures, Sean has experienced the highs and lows of growing companies with limited resources.
In 2009, Sean was introduced to the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®) when he read TRACTION by Gino Wickman. He immediately recognized its value in an entrepreneurial company and set about implementing it. Sean subsequently introduced EOS in another company and became such a believer in the system that he trained as an EOS Implementer.
Since then, in 5+ years of implementing EOS Sean has helped over 40 companies implement EOS and realize the benefits of VISION, TRACTION, HEALTHY and the freedom they can provide. He continues to hone and refine his craft on his journey to EOS mastery. He brings a unique perspective with an appreciation of implementation from both the client and the implementer viewpoints.
In addition to being a Certified EOS Implementer®, Sean is an engaging speaker. He provides results-oriented, value-packed keynotes and workshops that help entrepreneurs and their leadership teams deliver results and get what they want from their business.
In 2016 Sean joined the EOS Worldwide Coaching team, which coaches and mentors new and Professional EOS Implementers™.
Sean lives in Minneapolis with his wife Trish and their two sons.
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Cyrus Lemon was a captain on a Division I football team that touted the country’s top-ranked defense. He understands the importance of setting goals, creating a plan to achieve those goals, and the amount of focus, precision, and hard work needed to execute the (game)plan.
Cyrus has surrounded himself around entrepreneurs his entire adult life. As a full-time, strength and conditioning coach his niche clientele became successful entrepreneurs who shared his mindset of constant growth, working through plateaus and turning short and long-term goals into reality.
As one of the most sought after and financially successful trainers in the Twin Cities. Cyrus’ goal is to make his clients “hard to kill” – strong, prepared, and adaptable.
Cyrus was recruited to Achieve Traction to ensure the companies he coaches through EOS® are also hard to kill, which in his opinion is the most desirable trait a company can have.
Cyrus lives in Minneapolis with his wife Mackenzie and their four daughters.
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