Every healthy business focuses on eight scale factors that drive their success. Take the Scalability assessment to get a personalized report of which areas are holding your business back—and what you can do about it.
Did you know that 67% of the companies that make the Inc. 5000 List fail within five years?
It’s true. According to a follow-up study conducted by The Kauffman Foundation and Inc. Magazine, the company that publishes the annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United Stated…
…about two-thirds of the companies that made the list had “shrunk in size, gone out of business, or been disadvantageously sold,” within 5 to 8 years of appearing on the Inc. 5,000 list.
In other words, despite their early success, even good companies with rapid growth still flatline and fail. But their story doesn’t have to be your story…
All you need to know is which of the 8 scale constraints (the only true reasons business fail) is holding you back so you can put a plan in place to fix it. Because consistent, targeted action to turn constraints into opportunities is the only way to win that game of business.
But, first, we have to know the starting spot and that’s exactly what this quick assessment will tell you…
With no shortage of things to do, it’s easy to get stuck just working in your business rather than on your business. Once you know your biggest constraints, you’ll know what you need to focus on to grow as a leader and scale your business.
The ability of everyone in the organization to clearly and passionately articulate the company’s purpose, goals, and values.
Our ability to generate a consistent and growing flow of new leads and customers each and every month, largely on autopilot.
Our ability to identify gaps, set growth targets, and architect a plan to achieve the company’s stated sales and profitability goals.
Our ability to document critical processes and leverage those processes to execute recurring projects quickly and accurately.
Our ability to hire, train, and retain a team that achieves the company’s objectives while staying aligned to the company’s values.
Our ability to leverage meetings and scorecards to ensure everyone has access to the information they need to do their best work.
Our ability to create and/or access the cash flow and capital we need to execute all the company’s strategic growth initiatives.
Our ability to balance and align the impact we want our business to make and the impact we want to make in our personal lives.