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BUSINESS STRATEGY QUESTIONS SET #007

The four questions to ask before you get ready to scale-up!

  1. Are you attracting and retaining the right people?
  2. Do you have a distinct sustainable strategy?
  3. Are all processes running smoothly and driving superior profitability?
  4. Are you managing your cash flow effectively?

Answering these questions can prepare you to scale-up fast.

Read more at Book Summary – Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t.

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BUSINESS STRATEGY QUESTIONS SET #003

What do you do better than others?

Is your entire organization aligned to do everything with this thinking?

If yes, then you are a “coherent” company. Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi suggest taking a “Coherence Test” as illustrated in the image below.

 

Based on this, Paul Leinwand and Matthias Bäumler have listed the following 8 tough strategy questions.

References: (1) https://hbr.org/2017/11/8-tough-questions-to-ask-about-your-companys-strategy (2) https://hbr.org/2010/06/the-coherence-premium