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Handling the uncomfortable employee truths on the growth journey
All companies are on a journey. The destination is decided by their leaders and successful companies marshal their employees to all take the journey together, each using their different skills and experiences to reach the end goal. Employees, too, are on their own journeys, professionally and...
How to ensure your acquisition target on paper matches up in reality
When a company has proved that its original business model is successful by reaching a certain growth stage, it seeks growth by other means. Rather than organically growing through business development and securing new customers or by developing and introducing new products, it chooses to merge...
Scaling up on the growth journey: Pioneer to Process
Whether you are currently starting up your business, or an established founder looking back on your business’s achievements after many years of hard work, I am sure you would agree that the foundation phase of any company is both chaotic and exciting. The feeling that you, as an individual or a...
Forethought: the most important quality for leaders of fast-growing SMEs
‘Foresight – the ability to judge correctly what is going to happen in the future and plan your actions based on this knowledge.’ Although leaders on the growth journey must possess many qualities, I would argue that foresight is the most important quality in the current climate. In fast-growing...