The Growth Paradox: Rethinking Control, Accountability, and Change to Move Your Business to the Next Level

By: Jacky Fischer

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Synopsis: Award-winning CEO Jacky Fischer presents her signature management method to help small businesses scale up by avoiding the most common and destructive pitfalls.If you hold on too tightly as a leader—to your people, to everyday decision-making, to the past—you will cut off vital oxygen necessary for growth. The solution: Stop being a control freak and instead empower your employees, get out of your own way, and establish a clear vision for the future. In other words: Let go to help your business grow.Embrace the growth paradox to get unstuck and grow your company to the next level. By leaning into some key, counterintuitive business ideas, you&’ll make space for changes that will lead to nonlinear growth.In this uniquely insightful guide, you&’ll learn why: Holding people accountable doesn&’t workHelping employees often hurts performanceGiving up power and control can increase growthFocusing on money can reduce profitsIntroducing big ideas can derail your progressWhat&’s more, Fisher shares lessons she learned from growing a small family business into an organization with annual revenue topping $40 million—as well as practical tools for taking stock of where you are and charting an actionable plan so that you can create hypergrowth in your business.