Programs for Your Future: Projecting and Projects for Growth

Mike Donoghue is a member of a multinational information technology corporation where he collaborates on the communications guidelines and customer relationship strategies affecting the interactions with internal and external clients. He has analyzed, defined, designed and overseen processes for various engagements including product usability and customer satisfaction, best practice enterprise standardization, relationship/branding structures, and distribution effectiveness and direction. He has also established corporate library solutions to provide frameworks for sales, marketing, training, and support divisions.

  Change Management   Strategy  

Growth is something all fledgling companies hope and strive for. When there is continued growth and the dream of operating a new company instead becomes reality (and a strong and successful one at that), then it’s time to reflect. Don’t do it as an exercise in counting your blessings, though; do it as a means through which you can consider how you can grow even further.

If you’ve had a meteoric rise in your business or have not been able to keep up with some of the demands that come with expansion and progress, then you may be suffering growing pains. This means that the days of multi-hat wearing might be coming to a close as you realize that your operational mechanisms and processes must more and more rely upon unique individuals to take on specialized tasks.

Having steady growth can mean being able to strategically predict and anticipate when to make the necessary changes to keep the organization going without much interruption. When the escalation of activity is dramatic, however, planning for change becomes very problematic and unsustainable.

Look to the Outside
Within the executive branch of your organization--even within its stakeholders, financial supporters and board of directors--there may be those who can help guide you in your corporate evolutionary path. If they have a vested interest in the company, they will have a strong motivation to …

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