Margaret Reynolds 
Fike Corporation Smashing Through Traditional Growth Barriers Brad Batz is challenging the status quo. New to the helm of Fike Corporation, a 73-year-old privately held global company in the fire and explosion protection business, Brad doesn’t chase growth for growth sake, but his goal is to generate 4x growth. “I believe this company can be …
This month, I interviewed Brad Batz, the new CEO of Fike Corporation for my CEOzine series. Brad impresses me because his goal is to generate 4x growth for Fike, growth that isn’t about shareholder value but about stakeholder value. What’s the difference? Stakeholder value, according to Batz, is about growth for future investment but also …
This article is second in the series of GrowthDNA. The first article, Rethinking Business Growth, can be accessed here: https://www.breakthroughmaster.com/2018/09/rethinking-business-growth/. It describes the four intertwined strands of GrowthDNA that enable sustainable and substantial organizational growth. The chart below also depicts the four strands of GrowthDNA. The four strands of GrowthDNA interconnect to achieve substantial and sustainable …
Company leaders worldwide seek business growth for many reasons. Whether it is to expand profitability to drive shareholder value, to build a stronger market value in preparation for a transaction, or because it allows them to support and promote their employees and by extension their families and community, growth is desirable for just about every …
Most organizations think they are, but their actions don’t produce the results. It isn’t lack of skill or effort; it is an absence of an organization-wide growth mindset. GrowthDNA is a new program that helps organizations understand where to focus their efforts and new behaviors to develop to ensure sustainable next stage growth. Every growth …
Companies are replacing traditional strategic planning with a better way to achieve growth. A better way to achieve growth Business leaders and entrepreneurs can increase and sustain their growth by using the concepts, tools, and processes in the recently released GrowthDNA approach developed by Margaret Reynolds, author of “Reignite: How Everyday Companies Drive Next Stage …
When I ask this question of clients, I usually get one of two answers: “my largest competitor” OR “the economy”. Either of those might be your biggest fear, but your biggest fear should be…what you don’t know! Why is the unknown something to fear? Most big shifts in the economy or society, the kind that put …
Do you remember when you were taught the four “P”‘s of Product, Place, Price and Promotion? They were at the heart of successful business marketing plans. The heart of successful growth is the four “C”s of Confidence (through data); Clarity (of direction); Commitment (of the organization); and Culture (the people). High Performing CEOS Cite People as …
The point of triage is to determine how you can save the most lives by handling a group of casualties quickly in the most effective way possible. Is that a practice we apply to business challenges? When a new opportunity presents itself to you, how do you handle the first five minutes? Why is the …
We all get caught up in the gravity of day to day business, and it is the daily routine that keeps us where we are today. We repeat our processes; our systems “lock us in” to doing business a certain way; our training is teaching the same skills and knowledge as last year; and then …
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