Some time back I heard the above phrase from a Priest at a Sunday mass during his sermon. . The statement left a deep impact when I relate this to SMB’s. Every entrepreneur want to scale but no one wants to change!!
Most CEO’s of mid growing enterprises are excited and ambitious of the next level Growth but unfortunately are not ready to retire their present set of practices and methods of doing things to achieve results. Many imply, though not explicit-that let’s continue with these practices and still make it to the next level. Often the situation is more of bad habits dying hard. They believe that should change but just don’t find the resolve and urgency to adapt to the environment and systems that are aligned with next level growth. Those that demonstrate the rigor to change generally see results but that too after significant patience because such changes do not bring instant results. Often entrepreneurs have limited tenacity and patience and the first sign of results not forthcoming is a good enough reason to revert to the previous system. Such approaches are regressive and slow down a Company’s growth momentum and at times even dwarf them to a size that they are unable to breach. In such cases a competent and experienced HR function or a change agent in the form of a Coach can help such corporations move forward from such a inflexion point.
