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 […]
Stage 7: Even If You Don’t Think It’s Broke, Shake Things Up!
What a view. From where you sit, as the CEO of an organization with 161 – 500 employees, you have the right to be proud. How many of us ever sit back and simply bask in the pleasure of being successful? If you are like most CEOs, you spend very little time in reflection of […]