Tips for Transformation
Effectively Navigating the Stages of Growth (Part 3): The 5 Non-Negotiable Leadership Rules Required for a Company with 1-19 Employees
James Fischer and his team of researchers created an enterprise growth model based on a nine-year national research project with over 700 CEOs. The study recognized that companies grow in complexity and that the complexity level is created by the number of employees, not profits or revenue. Fischer and his team discovered the following non-negotiable […]
Effectively Navigating the Stages of Growth (Part 2): The Five Essentials Small Business Owners Must Master to Prevent Stagnation and Failure of Their Enterprise
James Fischer and his team of researchers created an enterprise growth model based on a nine-year national research project with over 700 CEO’s. The study recognized that companies grow in complexity and that the complexity level is created by the number of employees, not profits or revenue. The model identifies 7 stages of growth based […]
Effectively Navigating Stages of Growth (Part 1): The Four Principles
1. Complexity is about employees, not revenue. “Money and processes are easy to manage compared to the dynamic impact of adding more people to the organization.” People-related challenges become the number one focus at different stages of growth. Delegation skills are critical at early stages while later on, the focus shifts to employee engagement and […]
The Third (of Three) Secret Weapon That All Entrepreneurs Need to Know and Use to Be Successful
In this three-part series I have been reporting about the question Peter Diamondis posed in one of his blogs, “Why are companies like Amazon, Uber and Google so successful?” Peter claims that if you get the following three core competencies right, you’ve got a shot at consistent entrepreneurial success: (1) Hiring, (2) Culture and (3) […]