Executive Focus: Three Keys to Growing Your Company the Old-fashioned Way

With simplicity comes employee understanding and engagement, because employees know where the company is headed, how it will get there, and what their individual roles are in that growth. Employees understand why their jobs are important and how they fit into the big picture. Simplicity is the key.

2. Measure everything. Without measurements, companies have no way to gauge performance. That’s why organic-growth companies measure everything, not just financial results. Operational and behavioral metrics make accountability more transparent, fair and objective. They are mission critical to long-term organic growth. These companies are measurement maniacs. What do they track? Metrics include people behaviors, detailed customer metrics, logistic/distribution chain metrics, supply chain metrics, customer satisfaction metrics, quality metrics and basic financial metrics, to name just a few.