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Designing leadership teams in scaling businesses
A simple technique for designing senior leadership roles in scaling businesses.
Building a company - introducing the B3 framework
Founders and CEOs talk a lot about scaling businesses, but typically pay a lot less attention to building the organisation that lies behind any successfully scaled business. And when the organisation is talked about, it's often considered in terms of organisational structure, reporting lines and job descriptions. This...
Founder to CEO?
Great founders don't necessarily make great CEOs. Being deliberate about founder role transitions is often overlooked in scaling businesses.
Deciding on deciding
Decisions control the flow of work in your business. Pay attention to how and when they're made as well as who decides about what.
Where do brilliant teams come from?
If we look at the great teams in the worlds of sport and business, it’s clear they don’t happen by accident. Creating a team that’s able to consistently perform at a high level takes time, effort and intention. Teams need a clear purpose, a shared vision and...
Pastiche in business
I had an initial conversation with a founder recently that stuck with me. The founder told me in detail about the company they were creating. They reeled off several different initiatives and features they'd implemented, proudly highlighting the provenance of these achievements. Old favourites like dedicated time for...
How role definition drives growth
This month I've been working on an interesting project helping a business define roles. For start-ups moving into a scaling phase, founders often wrestle with this. To be able to grow they recognise the need to better define the jobs to be done in the business in the...
What I really learnt then
Six themes for what I learnt about leadership in my last in-house role in a scaling business.
Books for leaders - my recommendations
I read a lot of business books. I've read some that were instantly forgettable. Yet some are so thought provoking and useful that I refer to them most months in my work as a consultant and advisor. So here are the books that I most frequently recommend to...
Congruence is underrated
Many founders see themselves as visionaries. They hold their ambition for the future they will create and are strongly driven to bring it into reality. They see their energy and drive as core to the creation of a new business. But I'm wondering if self-awareness and competence do...