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Scale-up your Business! Scale-up your Leadership Presence! Position Your Business for Long-term Success!
PK supports CEOs, Business Owners Scale-up their Business and Leadership Presence.
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Recently a Business Leader asked me how’s it different to lead a Scaling up business vis-a-vis a normal growing business?
It’s like driving in a highway vis-a-vis driving within the city.
A moment of distraction can cause havoc in the highway for self and for others, whereas in the city one may manage to get away with a few dents and bruises. Scale-up requires increasedlevels of focus, attention, and ability to manage distractions.
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A drive in the highway requires higher levels of preparation, at multiple levels – the vehicle readiness, robust mechanical condition, well-lubricated joints, proper fluid levels, ability torefuel. Scale-up requires adequate and thorough preparation at multiple levels. Whereas for a drive in the city, one may manage with lesser levels of such preparations.
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A drive in the highway requires higher levels of planning, strategising in terms of route, food, stay, fuel, financesand such other requirements of self and fellow travellers. Scale-up requires higher levels of planning and strategising so that the odds for success is maximised. For a drive in the city one can get away with lesser levels of such planning.
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If one gets stuck in the highway for whatever reason, help and rescue may be far and few; may take time. Scale-up requires safeguards and efforts to avoid getting stuck. In a city it’s easierto find help.
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A drive in the highway moves one in to a whole new place – fellow travellers too. Scale-up takes the business and the people in to a whole new level – to a different orbit altogether. In a drive in the city, one doesn’t leave the city.
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A drive in the highway results in higher fuel-burn per hour as you cover a lot more distance; consumes more fueltherefore. Scale-up consumes more energy, capital and resources.
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A drive in the highway takes one through unfamiliar terrains, areas, new vistas, places, even different weather conditions.Scale-up takes one through different, unfamiliar territories, experiences, and changing conditions.
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Highways are relatively less crowded. Scale-up businesses are fewer in number. Whereas City roads are crowded.
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A drive in the highway often takes one out of their comfort zones, makes one adapt, adjust / re-adjust their needs,affairs, and responses. Scale-up moves people out of their comfort zones, makes them adapt and embrace the new.
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Preparing and Leading a Scaling up Business – It’s different! Vastly different!
My name is PK NarayananWishing you the best, Thank you.
