This is Challenge #19 and there are very good reasons it shows up in Stage 6. Happy People = Happy Profits. I get smiles when I talk like this to CEOs. It’s true! When people are happy, when they understand how what they do every day impacts the bottom line, when they...
This is Challenge #22 and it shows up in Stage 5. Hindsight is 20/20. The end of 1999 marked the best year we had ever had in the 14-year history at our marketing communications company. Our revenues grew by 53% and our revenue per employee was the highest it had ever...
This is Challenge #16 and it is a little appreciated challenge that shows up in Stage 5. There are two distinct aspects to this challenge and in too many cases our CEOs and our managers don’t handle this challenge as intentionally as they should, leaving room for...
This is Challenge #11 and it is the top challenge in Stage 4. Remember, you always start with the NAME of the stage of growth when talking with a CEO. Stage 4 is called Professional with 35 – 57 employees. As the company matures, Stage 4 defines that maturity as...
This is Challenge #23 and it shows up in Stage 4. This challenge is what separates a GCS from all the other business advisors/consultants/coaches out there. Our Stages of Growth X-Ray™ has the ability to solve this challenge all day long – literally with one...