You’ve moved beyond 50 employees. I remember experienced business owners telling me when I was on the leadership team of a growing company, “Watch out. When you get to 50 employees, everything changes.” My frustration was that no one would tell me exactly what those changes would be. Because of the 7 Stages of Growth […]
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Stage 4: Complexity is Increasing – Focus on Experienced Managers
This isn’t the time to think about saving money by hiring inexperienced managers. In Stage 4, with 35 – 57 employees, you need managers who ‘have been there, done that’. The CEO is now spending at least 70% of his/her time ‘managing’. Getting the right people on board to take your company through this stage […]
How to Take the Guesswork Out of Growing Your Business
How would you, as a Business Owner, like to be able to: 1. PREDICT how the increasing complexity of your company will affect you 2. FOCUS your efforts and resources on the right things at the right time; and, 3. ADAPT to the needs of your company, at each of its various stages of growth? […]