Fine In R&D But Not In The Boardroom: How Rodan + Fields Grew 10-Fold By Avoiding Top-Level Tinkering
CEOs of midsized firms must learn to stop tinkering with their strategy. Most midsized firms have core businesses begging to scale, and tinkering with a successful strategy kills growth.
Read this high-growth case study that illustrates how testing is always appropriate, but tinkering is not. Weigh in with your comments on this Forbes article.
Tags: business acumen, business planning, scaling, strategy
Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He was chief executive of Bentley Publishing Group from 1984 to 2006 and steered the firm to become a leading player in its industry (decorative art publishing).