How Impossible Dreams Can Destroy Value in Mid-Sized Firms
Most mid-sized business cannot be an amazing growth story. While the media loves crazy-fast growing companies, trying to make a company grow faster than it should often destroys value.
Shooting for a billion dollar revenue line is a bad idea for most mid-size firms. This Forbes article addresses what CEOs can do to determine if their company has big-growth potential, and what they could do if it doesn’t qualify for their personal aspirations of running a big firm.
Tags: business acumen, business planning, scaling
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).