Breakpoints: Where Businesses Get Stuck... and How They Get Unstuck!
- ISBN-10
- 0988659204
- ISBN-13
- 9780988659209
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-13
- Publisher
- 4-Profit Press
- Authors
- Chris Winter, Larry Kesslin
Description
Authors Larry Kesslin and Chris Winter have identified 7 BreakPoints, hidden pitfalls and obstacles that can tarnish, or destroy, the most promising of businesses. When a BreakPoint is ignored or shattered, would-be entrepreneurs and business owners can lose their vision and become apathetic. BreakPoints reveals that the average business owner and entrepreneur typically don't have the wisdom, experience and discipline to be excellent CEOs. Most are smart, determined and capable ... but they just don t know what they don't know. Owners, their Boards and Boards of Advisors, must ask and answer: Are the owners capable of leading their organization and taking it to the next level? Are the owners bringing in the right people for the right job and removing the ones that are cultural misfits? Are the owners communicating effectively to their organization? Are the owners creating and building a scalable and reproducible sales engine? Are the owners in the right roles for their skill set? Are the owners aware of the financial impact of every initiative the company undertakes? Creating and growing a business from scratch will be one of the hardest things you do in your life. Every successful business will encounter BreakPoints, any one of which can collapse what appears to be a vibrant and viable company. BreakPoints not only identifies the places most businesses get stuck, but provides practical ways to avoid experiencing them in your business. Where the rubber meets the road is in leadership and communication. Understanding your issues is only part of the solution, learning how to be a great leader and communicating those ideas to your teams will be critical success factors for your company. These BreakPoints are revealed in a friendly, engaging and thought provoking format. Authors Larr
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- 2015-10-15
- 288 pages
- Ebook
- John Wiley & Sons