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    Why Growing Companies Need More Meetings

    By Mark Otto
    10.18.2013 | Categories:
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    In an earlier post I briefly touched on the importance of meetings in growing companies. I realize that meetings are a hot button in most organizations. But I want to provide you with the antidote to those unproductive wastes of time that we’ve all had to suffer through.
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    Stop the Overwhelm in Growing Companies

    By Mark Otto
    10.16.2013 | Categories:
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    Almost every growing organization complains 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. Everyone feels like they are spinning their wheels, people are stressed, and managers are desperately trying to juggle too many things at once.
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    Closing the Gap Between What Needs to Get Done and What Actually Gets Done

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    10.14.2013 | Categories:
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    As organizations get larger and more complex, turning vision into action becomes more difficult. Making decisions, developing plans, strategies and initiatives is the easy part. But without execution, Big Ideas go nowhere.
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    Solve Business Growth Problems Once and for All

    By Mark Otto
    10.11.2013 | Categories:
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    In business, problems are inevitable. No company ever sails smoothly to success. But the faster a business grows, the more it seems as though there is only enough time to find a quick fix for every problem that comes up. When an organization is moving fast and dealing with a daily crush of activity and firefighting, it’s sometimes difficult to slow down and address issues that are critical but don’t seem particularly urgent.
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    Dealing With People Who Aren’t Growing With the Business

    By Mark Otto
    10.09.2013 | Categories:
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    Having the wrong person in the wrong job is one of the most costly and time-consuming mistakes a business can make. Yet this major business blunder is committed over and over again. Just one weak person in a key position can drag down the performance of the entire organization.
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    How to Stop Communication Breakdowns in Growing Companies

    By Mark Otto
    10.07.2013 | Categories:
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    As a company gets bigger, communication both within and between departments suffers. Ultimately, no one knows what’s going on in other parts of the company. And what was once a well-oiled, integrated machine becomes a company in chaos.
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    What Are Ineffective Managers Costing You?

    By Mark Otto
    10.04.2013 | Categories:
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    Effective managers are the single most important factor in engaging employees, motivating employees, and building a productive workplace. Yet the lack of managerial depth is a serious problem for growing organizations. A firm’s ability to grow is directly related to its ability to add managerial capacity to support its growth.
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    Why Everyone Needs to Understand Where Your Company is Headed

    By Mark Otto
    10.02.2013 | Categories:
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    The bigger a company gets, and the faster it’s growing, the harder it is to get everybody on the same page. The issue is that there probably isn’t an easily understood page to get everyone on. In all likelihood there are many pages, actual and mental, together with meeting notes and emails, each intended to explain the vision, mission, and strategy of your business. Furthermore, most of these messages are full of unclear or even conflicting statements concerning who your company is, what it does, and how it does it.
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    Do the People in Your Company Know Who is Responsible for What?

    By Mark Otto
    09.30.2013 | Categories:
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    Understanding roles and responsibilities is pretty clear in a small organization. But as a company gets bigger, things that were understood as a matter of course must be made explicit. Everyone in an organization needs to know who is responsible for what and who has the authority for what. Unclear responsibility is one of the most common pitfalls in a growing business. Show me a rapidly growing organization and I'll show you managers with misaligned goals and vague responsibility.
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    How to Improve Decision Making in a Fast-Growing Company

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    09.27.2013 | Categories:
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    Making and executing decisions is much harder in a complex organization than it is in a simple one. When companies are small, decisions are made quickly, usually informally, by a small number of people, and they are easily understood. The results are generally apparent and when a decision doesn’t produce the anticipated result, changes are made until the desired outcome is produced. As a result, small companies are typically lean and agile, and they give customers what they want.
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