Comments on: Your greatest strength is your #1 blind spot http://mayogenuine.com/blog/your-greatest-strength-is-your-1-blind-spot/ Ideas and resources for business leaders from top executive coach Tony Mayo, advisor to CEOs and their teams. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:57:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David A. Rosen http://mayogenuine.com/blog/your-greatest-strength-is-your-1-blind-spot/comment-page-1/#comment-10460 David A. Rosen Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:29:17 +0000 http://mayogenuine.com/blog/?p=75#comment-10460 Tony, Very good points. You hit on several key learnings that businesses and their leadership must face: 1. Businesses require different leadership styles at different points in their maturity 2. The persistance that an entrepeneur uses to get something started (often the most heavy lifting) can be toxic as businesses expand and grow 3. Leaders must learn to listen more and understand where each person is coming from and what is important to them 4. many more... I recently dealt with this situation as a company expanded from $20m to $80M where a completely different management style and operating model was required in the busieness. The strategy we put together for the business was well articulated and understood so that the founder/entrepeneur realized that they didnt want to stay in the CEO role through that growth. He became EVP Product Management and hired his replacement CEO. It worked. Thanks for sparking a good topic. Regards, David David A. Rosen President & CEO Acrelic Group davidr@acrelicgroup.com 908-222-2900 x. 111 blog: http://www.davidarosen.com Tony,
Very good points. You hit on several key learnings that businesses and their leadership must face:
1. Businesses require different leadership styles at different points in their maturity
2. The persistance that an entrepeneur uses to get something started (often the most heavy lifting) can be toxic as businesses expand and grow
3. Leaders must learn to listen more and understand where each person is coming from and what is important to them
4. many more…

I recently dealt with this situation as a company expanded from $20m to $80M where a completely different management style and operating model was required in the busieness. The strategy we put together for the business was well articulated and understood so that the founder/entrepeneur realized that they didnt want to stay in the CEO role through that growth. He became EVP Product Management and hired his replacement CEO. It worked.

Thanks for sparking a good topic.

Regards,
David

David A. Rosen
President & CEO
Acrelic Group
davidr@acrelicgroup.com
908-222-2900 x. 111
blog: http://www.davidarosen.com

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]]> By: Sheila Cox http://mayogenuine.com/blog/your-greatest-strength-is-your-1-blind-spot/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Sheila Cox Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:13:30 +0000 http://mayogenuine.com/blog/?p=75#comment-145 Tony - This is so true! All of us have used our strengths to get where we are. I am like a crab with a single over-developed claw. (And lots of little spindly claws.) I can't see it for myself - someone else has to point out the asymmetry. And I'll never develop those other claws if I keep relying on my strongest claw. Tony – This is so true! All of us have used our strengths to get where we are. I am like a crab with a single over-developed claw. (And lots of little spindly claws.) I can’t see it for myself – someone else has to point out the asymmetry. And I’ll never develop those other claws if I keep relying on my strongest claw.

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