Episode 13

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Published on:

23rd Oct 2025

Bumpers for the Business: How EOS Gives Successors Clarity

What happens when successors finally have a system that helps them lead with clarity instead of chaos?

Andrea sits down with Adam Hill and Jacqueline Jensen to explore how EOS (the

Entrepreneurial Operating System) changed their leadership—and their companies.

You’ll hear their origin stories in family business, what EOS made possible, and their favorite

tools (V/TO, Issues Solving Track, Scorecard). Together they sketch a people-first picture of EOS: structure that actually liberates successors to lead with confidence, communicate honestly, and build healthy teams.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

  • Adam’s turnaround story: from near insolvency to aligned, profitable growth on EOS.
  • Jacqueline’s shift from 80-hour weeks to a thriving, people-first culture through self-implementation.
  • Why structure → freedom: EOS as bumpers that keep vision and values on track.
  • Favorite tools that changed their leadership (V/TO, IDS/Issues Solving Track, Scorecard).
  • How EOS separates relationships from roles so families can lead—and love—better.


Connect with Adam Hill:

Email: adam.hill@eosworldwide.com


Connect with Jacqueline Jensen:

Email: jacqueline.jensen@eosworldwide.com


Connect with Andrea Carpenter and Your Next Gen Friend:

Website: https://yournextgenfriend.com/

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Andrea on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreashaver/


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About the Podcast

Your Next Gen Friend: A Successor's Guide to Business Transition
Your Next Gen Friend is the podcast for successors—whether you’re stepping into a family business, a privately held company, or simply the expectations tied to someone else’s legacy.
I’m Andrea: G2, a successor in a privately owned business, and a guide for the next generation navigating identity, pressure, and purpose inside family systems.
This show is for those of us in the in-between... honoring what came before while trying to build something that’s truly our own. Whether you’re blood family or the trusted non-family leader stepping in, this is your space for real conversations about what it actually means to succeed, on your terms.
You’re not alone in this. And I hope that makes all the difference.

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Andrea Carpenter