People are stressed and overwhelmed by the amount of work to be done.

Many growing organizations complain about not having enough time to get everything done. People feel that they could work 24 hours a day 7 days a week and still fall behind. In the mad dash to get everything done, errors start to occur and quality starts to slip. The frenzy of rapid growth ultimately leads to burn out – often of the very best people.

In growing companies, there are often so many priorities that people don’t know what to focus on. What results is complexity, confusion, and conflict, which in turn cause most people to spend the majority of the day figuring out how to survive instead of how to meaningfully contribute.

Growth puts a strain on every organization, but with proper planning and a select number of clear priorities, everyone in an organization, from top to bottom, can remain focused and productive.