The Corporate Lifecycle

At the foundation of effective management for any organization is the fundamental truth that all organizations, like all living organisms, have a lifecycle and undergo very predictable and repetitive patterns of behavior as they grow and develop. At each new stage of development an organization is faced with a unique set of challenges. How well or poorly management addresses these challenges, and leads a healthy transition from one stage to the next, has a significant impact on the success or failure of their organization.

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Keynote Address: From Entrepreneurship to Professional Management

The keynote address by Dr. Adizes at the first annual convention of the Council of Growing Companies on video, uncut, and delivered in the style that has been acclaimed by corporate audiences - as only Dr. Adizes can do it!

This 75 minute video outlines the basic problems facing young companies as they make the transition into successful growing companies
... How the factors that bring success are the ones that may create problems
... How to approach the conflicts of growth without losing flexibility and entrepreneurial drive - and avoid "the Founder's Trap...

The challenges of a growing company - and what to do about them. (75 min.): http://www.adizes.com/store/product.php?productid=17575&cat=255&page=1