

Focus on Great, Not Big
Don’t get me wrong; growing a company is a “great” thing. The most rewarding times in my career were helping companies attain growth rates that were multiples of the industry average. However, I’ve found that executives get consumed with growth when the best way to grow is by focusing on becoming great. Why the disconnect? Simply speaking, most executives focus their energy on quarterly financial performance, not how the financials are generated. So they ask their teams to pu