Scaling Up

How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't, Rockefeller Habits 2.0

By: Verne Harnish

Narrated by: Spencer Cannon

It's been over a decade since Verne Harnish's best-selling book Mastering the Rockefeller Habits was first released. Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't is the first major revision of this business classic. In Scaling Up, Harnish and his team share practical tools and techniques for building an industry-dominating business. These approaches have been honed from over three decades of advising tens of thousands of CEOs and executives and helping them navigate the increasing complexities (and weight) that come with scaling up a venture.

This book is written so everyone - from front line employees to senior executives - can get aligned in contributing to the growth of a firm. There's no reason to do it alone, yet many top leaders feel like they are the ones dragging the rest of the organization up the S-curve of growth. The goal of this book is to help you turn what feels like an anchor into wind at your back - creating a company where the team is engaged; the customers are doing your marketing; and everyone is making money. To accomplish this, Scaling Up focuses on the four major decision areas every company must get right: People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash.

The book includes a series of new one-page tools including the updated One-Page Strategic Plan and the Rockefeller Habits ChecklistTM, which more than 40,000 firms around the globe have used to scale their companies successfully - many to $1 billion and beyond. Running a business is ultimately about freedom. Scaling Up shows business leaders how to get their organizations moving in sync to create something significant and enjoy the ride. Bonus material for Scaling Up may be found at www.ScalingUp.com.

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Mind blown

Well, I thought my business was doing well. Now I have my work cutout for me. Desire to learn and a bias for action.

This is a great one!

You probably don't want the audio book, this is more of a textbook but the audiobook makes a good reading companion. This is the Must Have small business book of our time!

Wow! Drinking out of a fire hydrant but doable!

This is an excellent book that I look forward to digging into in more detail in the upcoming days, weeks, and months to help me improve my business! So many items I have overlooked and this book gives me a roadmap to tackle each one of them at the same time while not becoming overwhelmed!

Vern nailed it

Rockefeller habits was good. This is great. I was in Vern's last Birthing of Giants class about 10 years ago. I was in YEO member for 10 years. I read most of the best selling business books. And I've hired many business consultants. And so far, this is the best end-to-end engineered business management process that I have seen.

Great Read.

Great sequel to mastering the Rockefeller Habits. Requires the paperback book that also serves as context and has written examples in order to understand all of the content.

one of the best business books

Tons of quality info about skaling up the business with sucess, Good for start up business owners as well as beeing in the business for a while. This is practical lnowledge ready to be implemented into your own organization. Free templates aviable online and further consulting if needed

Must Read!

Touches on many areas of running a business. Might have to listen to it over and over, as you will most likely not catch everything the first time. Take many notes and implement ASAP. Perfect for all executive and management positions. Perfect for new business, small business, and family business. Refresher/reminder for large business.

Fantastic Pragmatic Framework

We have been using Scaling Up as an Executive Team and it really helps to frame some of the challenges we are facing and bring us to a common framework and language to use to approach them. It has very pragmatic solutions that aren’t overly sexy. I think this is part of the beauty of the whole thing. I highly recommend this book for individuals trying to grow a company or for those that are finding more struggles than they think they should.

Best Framework for Success

follow the framework and integrate theory and tools that you have learned and you will scale your business and take Theory through practicing the lessons you learn through this framework and master them. There are no shortcuts. But if you commit to this Journey the dream you have for yourself and company will be realized.

Just what the doctor ordered

Would you listen to Scaling Up again? Why?

I will have to listen again but this time with a pen and paper ready to take notes.

Any additional comments?

This is the perfect book for business owners that have gotten over the "start-up" hurdle and are beginning to enjoy some success. It really gets specific on how to carefully grow your company as to avoid some common pitfalls...mainly running out of CASH!!! I have seen our company sales growing rapidly but could not figure out where all the cash was going. This book hit me right in the face! My problem was not sales it was cash flow!!! I now have several specific action items I went to work on immediately.