If you are an early-stage company, would you like to break out into the next level? According to NAICS Association data, there are roughly 14 ½ million small business with annual sales of less than one million dollars in the United States. They almost all… Read More »Breaking Out of the Development Stage
Small Businesses: Understanding your pathway forward When I taught corporate strategy at the University of Houston, publishers would send me Strategic Management books by their authors hoping they would be used in my classroom. For the most part, these were all very thick tomes with… Read More »Introducing the 4 Stage Growth Model
My framework for the leader’s “outer world” is based on People, Planning, and Performance. This blog goes more in-depth on the People side. I am asked by small business owners for the best current leadership books to read that are concise and insightful. That is… Read More »The People Side of Leadership
A plan is simply charting where you want to go. As Lewis Carroll once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, then any road will get you there.” As a leader, you need to know where you want to go. Some say the term… Read More »The Planning Side of Leadership
Most small business owners/CEOs have a desire to grow and become successful notwithstanding the challenges. In my blog about the 4 Stages of Growth for Small Businesses, I set out a framework on what the path forward could look like. Leadership plays a greater and greater… Read More »The Performance Side of Leadership
My leadership framework for your “outer world” rests on three perspectives. Everything around leadership begins with People. There is no leader without followers. Followers need to know what direction to go. That takes orchestrating facilitated by Planning. Carrying out the plan requires integrating and executing to achieve… Read More »The 4 “Inner” Ps of Leadership
4 Inner Ps of Leadership There are plenty of articles and books on leadership. The reason being leadership is clearly critical for an organization’s success. Many emphasize a particular angle or perspective in how you should lead. Instead, this blog provides a comprehensive straight forward… Read More »Your Leadership Personal Profile
For business owners, when you started up your company you most likely thought through why you were in business and what you wanted from it. That is, what is the purpose of the business? The same basic question makes sense for you personally. What is your… Read More »What Is Your Personal Purpose?
Every small growth company has a unique story to tell including lessons learned. The insights from their story and lessons learned help drive their company forward into the next phase of their journey. For others who are orchestrating their own growth, these insights can be invaluable… Read More »Case Study: The nybl Story
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