Welcome to The Warning Signs of Success™

January 5th, 2010 by Kirk Dando. Leave A Comment »

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My hope is this blog will become a must-read guide for you and other business leaders at all levels, from the boardroom to the mailroom.  It is a distillation of more than 20 years of my hands-on experience.

Why you should read The Warning Signs of Success™ : I will help you normalize and predict the journey to creating a scalable business by indentifying the preventable bad habits that eventually lead to “business train wrecks.”

  • You will understand why it is critical that you AND your team know exactly where you and your business are on The Business Lifecycle™.
  • You will learn what the difference is between building a business that can scale and growing a business by trial and error, or “see and solve.”  Better yet, you will learn how to build your business and your team so they can reach their full potential.
  • You will learn how to predict the problems (The Top 12 Warning Signs of Success™ ) before they show up in the results and normalize your journey to scalability.
  • You will gain uncommon insight from real-world stories and case studies of others who have faced the same issues.

Are you a C-level executive or team member who feels somewhat frustrated, lonely and tired with trying to grow your business beyond a certain point?  Do you feel you are spending more time wrestling with the ghosts created from growth and success rather than building a business that can scale and meet its full potential?

The problems created from growth and success, or “ghosts”, as I like to call them, often introduce a whole new set of challenges. While most executives and their teams are subject-matter experts in their areas of responsibility (allowing them to operate well in their positions and industry), they often don’t have experience in scaling a business beyond a certain point. This is a subtle but significant oversight, one that can force them to learn by trial and error. This often sets up the company and the team for an unnecessary and unpredictable chaotic ride.

The truth of the matter is we all get what we set ourselves up for!  The real question is what are you and your team setting your company up for?  There is a difference between launching and growing a business haphazardly and building a business that can scale.  In that difference is the real definition of leadership.  You see, in this chaotic business environment, I believe it is the role of the leaders to be able to see around corners and predict the problems before they show up in the results.  In other words, leaders need to be problem-predictors rather than problem-solvers.

To do that, you need be aware of the predictable (and therefore preventable) Top 12 Warning Signs of Success™.

You will see through the confusion to understand the obvious and simple causes behind the challenges you, your team and your business faces (and wonder why you never saw them before!).

  • You will understand how you can make the necessary changes to predict and in some cases get through the critical inflection points (those nasty train wrecks) that every business encounters.
  • You will learn how to make big changes with honesty, fairness and stability.
  • You will learn how to get rid of the US vs. THEM culture that decays so many businesses and careers.
  • You will learn from other people’s efforts by reading case studies.
  • You will learn how to become a LEADER who is worth following and LIVE the legacy you want to leave.

As a business coach, I’ve worked with — and had the backs of – more than 2,000 executives and their teams who found themselves “wrestling with the ghosts.” What I found when I was a C-level executive in a company we quickly grew to $1 billion, is that the road to heaven does go through hell … and it’s worth it. More importantly, it’s your choice if it is a day trip or a daily trip.

Thank you for visiting, please come again!

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