Surviving Success:
Managing the Challenges of Growth

by Jeffrey Hanson

Is it possible for a business to be too successful? Yes, according to Jeffrey Hanson. There is a point in a company's growth when it will begin to stumble if the leadership remains unchanged. Oddly, the entrepreneur who was responsible for the initial business growth is not always the right person to sustain the success.

Surviving Success outlines the five phase of business growth enabling the business owner to recognize where on the success path the company is sitting:

Hanson describes what must be done and the errors to avoid during each phase of development. Success in one phase naturally leads to further success in the next phase as long as the leaderships evolves with the business.

You, as the successful entrepreneur, want to stay at the helm of your company as long as possible but not if it will impede growth. Jeffrey Hanson gives you 10 Survival Tips to help you through the phases of business growth:

  1. Know yourself

  2. See your situation objectively

  3. Allow personal and organizational objectives to diverge

  4. Look for deeper issues in daily problems

  5. Use business momentum wisely

  6. Anticipate and plan for the changes that lie ahead

  7. Work with and through others to achieve objectives

  8. Sculpt the culture of the organization

  9. Broaden your range of leadership skills

  10. Find ways to make natural tendencies pay

Business growth requires that leaders change their approach to problems. What worked in the beginning won't work or will be less effective later in the company's life.

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