The Founder's Mentality

How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth

Chris Zook, James Allen

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English

Harvard Business School
01 July 2016

Economics & Business; Business strategy; Management & management techniques

Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment - find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers. But when Bain & Company’s Chris Zook and James Allen, authors of the bestselling Profit from the Core, researched this question, they found that 90 percent of the challenges to growth are internal: increasing distance from the front lines, loss of accountability, and proliferating processes and bureaucracy, to name only a few. More crucial is their finding that companies experience a set of predictable internal crises, at predictable stages, as they grow; and that for even the healthiest companies, these crises, if not managed properly, can stifle the company’s ability to grow further - and actively lead it into decline.

By: Chris Zook, James Allen
Imprint: Harvard Business School
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9781633691162
ISBN 10: 1633691160
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 July 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Zook is a partner at Bain & Company and has been co-head of the firm's Global Strategy practice for twenty years. He is based in Boston and Amsterdam and specializes in helping companies find new sources of profitable growth. James Allen is a partner in Bain's London office. Co-head of the firm's Global Strategy practice, he is founder of the Bain Founder's Mentality 100, a global network of high-growth companies. Zook and Allen are the authors of five bestselling books on strategy, including Profit from the Core.

Reviews for The Founder's Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth

ADVANCE PRAISE for The Founder's Mentality: Carlos Brito, CEO, Anheuser-Busch InBev-- The concept of the 'founder's mentality,' and in particular our 'ownership' culture, has been central to our evolution and growth as a company. Remembering how we became successful in the first place has helped us act boldly and quickly with an insurgent mindset. This book offers great insights for business owners and leaders. Michael Dell, founder and CEO, Dell Inc.-- As a founder I resonate strongly with the themes of The Founder's Mentality, especially with regard to the overwhelming importance of speed, singular focus, and the ability to invest for the long term. Adrian Gore, founder and CEO, Discovery Group-- Zook and Allen share invaluable insight as to how to preserve a company's founding purpose, perspective, and energy, while preventing institutionalization from diluting it. Their work has been instrumental in the way my leadership team and I think about our culture, our structure, and our business model. Linda Rottenberg, cofounder and CEO, Endeavor Global-- In this heavily researched and compelling book, Zook and Allen provide a road map for winning growth. Companies that build and maintain healthy cultures scale with speed and sidestep avoidable stall-out. Whether you are a start-up entrepreneur, an investor, or a Fortune 500 manager, you need The Founder's Mentality! Les Wexner, founder and CEO, L Brands-- As companies grow, scale and complexity can become a real threat to momentum. Zook and Allen's The Founder's Mentality offers useful insights to help leaders maintain agility in order to sustain their success.