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

There is no disputing it. Diversifying your investment portfolio is an important strategy to protect your personal wealth. Although your overall returns will be tempered, it hedges risk, smooth’s returns, and ensures liquidity. No, the diversification I’m talking about is a set of business strategies that expands your market and therefore your opportunity for growth. If we get into our time machine and go back to the latter half of the 20th Century, you would see that diversi