Mastering the Scaling Up 7-Strata: A Comprehensive Guide for Ambitious Executives

Imagine effortlessly leading your organization towards unprecedented growth, with an impeccably structured roadmap. The Scaling Up 7-Strata model, when harnessed to its full potential, offers exactly that: a

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What Jim Collins missed in Good to Great, but Steve Jobs knew.

​It's been over 20 years since Jim Collins penned the instant classic, Good to Great. Since then, over four million copies have been sold. By any measure, the

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This visual shows why companies get stuck on the growth curve

I'll save you the wait. The reason companies get stuck on the growth curve is straightforward; it's communication and trust. In the early start-up stages, communication is exceedingly simple and

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The Obstacle in Your Way

Those familiar with author Ryan Holiday are likely familiar with his book title and concept of “The Obstacle is the Way.” In short, it’s derived from the Stoic traditions that

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Quarterly Job Scorecard

The best performing teams take the necessary time each quarter to review all team members. These reviews are based on performance, they are not the annual salary reviews,

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One-Page Personal Plan (OPPP): There is more to life than work.

The One Page Personal Plan (OPPP) is a simple tool for structuring aspirations, activities and actions for your successful future. It's an instrument I occasionally use at the

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Who’s Responsible for What? The FACe Tool.

The Function Accountability Chart (FACe) is a tool that helps to outline the key roles within a company. The chart breaks down each role and their corresponding responsibilities,

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What’s the Scaling Up One Page Strategic Plan?

The Scaling Up One Page Strategic Plan is a management tool that helps organizations clarify and align their strategic goals, objectives, and action plans. It is a visual

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Running the 10 Minute Scaling Up Daily Huddle

Scaling Up's Daily Huddles are just like any other daily stand-up or daily scrum from the Agile coding world. It's a great opportunity for the team to align

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Finding the right business KPIs

Everyone wants to know how their business is doing. There’s nothing wrong with that; you need to be able to keep an eye on your company, set goals

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10x Results Are Actually Modest

Years ago, when I had Imulus I recall thinking about growing the company from $1M in revenue to $10M. That number seemed so distant and unfathomable. My partners

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Is Your Executive Misaligned?

The Rockefeller Habits Checklist is an Execution Checklist inspired by John D. Rockefeller and created by Verne Harnish and the Scaling Up team. The checklist includes habits that

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Visionary vs Strategist: Why seat titles matter.

Author, Jim Collins frequently speaks of "having the right people in the right seats," in references to executive teams responsible for running great organizations. An excellent team member,

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Remote Team Leaders

Being a member of a remote team comes with challenges and benefits, but one thing is for sure: leading a remote team requires unique skills. In fact, it

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8 Ways to Make Remote Work a Success in Your Company

COVID accelerated the adaption of the remote team. I've been in this space for the last decade or so, and it's been wonderful to see more remote workers

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Scaling Up Quickstart Framework

Applying this process with these three basic tools will quickly improve your team's effectiveness and highlight areas the need to be addressed within your organization.Team Size: Works well

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Why I Joined Scaling-Up

Ever hear something twenty times before but suddenly on that twenty-first time, it resonates? Well that’s me. Only my twenty-one times has been over the course of 25+

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