by Pamela Dennis | Mar 2, 2018 | Agility, Blog, Business Interest Protection, Car Love Affairs, Change Adaptability, Core Capabilities, cost of growth, Engagement, Entrepreneurs, Futures, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Profitability, Speed of Execution, Strategy, Transitions, Trust
Big audacious goals? Huge opportunities? Poised for take-off? You’ve got the market winds behind you and a product or service offering like nobody else’s. What’s to worry about? My thirty years’ consulting experience tells me that successful executives do worry, and...
by Pamela Dennis | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Car Love Affairs, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Planning, Start-Ups, Transitions
In my last blog post I began with a picture of a classic ’57 Chevy Bel Air. It was a metaphor for the need to let go of some of the things you loved about your company’s Good Old Days of go-go growth. My point was that each stage of company growth has its strengths;...
by Pamela Dennis | Jun 16, 2017 | Blog, Car Love Affairs, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Planning, Selling a Business, Start-Ups, Transitions
Growth and the Good Old Days This is the first of a two-part blog post on Surviving Growth, based on a workshop I’ll be presenting this month for the Denver Business Journal. Part 1 looks at the characteristics and challenges of four stages of growth. Part 2 will look...
by Pamela Dennis | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Buyer Options, Car Love Affairs, Customers, Planning, Selling a Business, Transitions
Last week I sold my favorite car. It was a 1998 Audi A4 Quattro with only 110,000 miles on it. It lived for 10 years in Boulder, and then 10 years tucked in a rust-safe garage at our beach house in San Diego. It was pearl white with creamy leather seats and barely a...
