Founder to CEO?
Great founders don't necessarily make great CEOs. Being deliberate about founder role transitions is often overlooked in scaling businesses.
Simon Wakeman
Simon is a consultant working founders, leaders and investors to scale sustainably brilliant businesses.
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Escape from firefighting
If you're always firefighting in your business, don't become a better firefighter. Reduce founder traps and find a sustainable growth path.
Feeling the mountain
Good leaders develop a deep sense of what's really going on in their business. Sensemaking is a tool to help them with this.
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.
Process isn't boring
Process can be a source of innovation, reduce friction and accelerate growth. Don't let it become an industry in its own right. Look beyond the obvious.
Mise en place
Chefs use mise en place to reduce future complexity. Founders and leaders in scaling businesses can do the same.