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Building the Awesome Organization

Six Essential Components that Drive Entrepreneurial Growth
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Building the Awesome Organization by Katherine Catlin, Jana Matthews, and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership offers practical strategies for entrepreneurs aiming to scale their businesses successfully. It focuses on essential leadership skills, organisational development, and growth management techniques. The book provides a roadmap for fostering an adaptive and resilient company culture that can thrive amid the challenges of expansion.
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If you’re keen on mastering the art of scaling up a business, this book might be the perfect fit for you. It offers insights into building a strong organisational structure, effective leadership strategies, and the dynamics of fast-growing companies. Ideal for entrepreneurs and business leaders, it provides practical advice to transform your organisation into a thriving enterprise.

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Discusses the eight components of an organization. This book helps you to realize the core competencies for growth. It describes the processes, policies and systems that support growth. It shows how to attract and retain people and develop an environment that motivates and empowers people to achieve extraordinary results.

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If you want to grow a company, you have to know how to build an awesome organization. This book will enable entrepreneurs to create an enduring organisation that will sustain high growth. Building the Awesome Organisation is a no-nonsense, practical guide on how to achieve business success and personal wealth by expanding your company successfully.

Key highlights of this title include:

A discussion of the eight components of an awesome organisation;

A recognition of the core competencies for growth;

A description of the processes, policies, and systems that support growth;

How to attract and retain awesome people who will drive the growth;

Develop an environment that motivates and empowers people to achieve extraordinary results;

An exploration of the responsibilities of the leader and the expectations others have of the role that the leader of an entrepreneurial company will play.

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Building the Awesome Organization by Katherine Catlin, Jana Matthews, and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership is praised for its practical advice and strategies for creating effective, growth-oriented organisations. Readers appreciate the book's clear guidelines on leadership and its focus on fostering innovation and adaptability. The authors draw upon real-world examples, making the content relatable and valuable for entrepreneurs and business leaders looking to enhance their organisation's potential.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780764554001

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 February 2002

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 161.0mm

Height: 242.0mm

Weight: 599g

Pages: 304

About the Author

For the past 15 years, Katherine Catlin has helped CEOs and theirexecutive teams manage the challenges of fast-paced growth. She isthe founding partner of The Catlin Group, a consulting firm thatworks with entrepreneurial companies nationwide.

Jana Matthews is president and CEO ofBoulder Quantum Ventures, afirm that helps CEOs and their top teams unlock their company'sgrowth potential. Matthews was the architect of many high-growthprograms at the Kauffman Center for EntrepreneurialLeadership.

The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Launched in 1992by Ewing Marion Kauffman to provide opportunity for otherentrepreneurs, the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadershipis the largest organization focused solely on entrepreneurialsuccess at all levels. Funded by the Ewing Marion KauffmanFoundation, a not-for-profit organization, the Center offerseducational programs, initiatives, and partnerships aimed athelping youth, college students and adults who want to learn moreabout entrepreneurship and growing their companies.

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