Description
Book SynopsisPractical strategies to propel your company to the top
American business is entering unchartered territory. Recent trends suggest that we are moving out of a recession-fairly labeled The Great Recession-into a recovery phase characterized by high unemployment with growth. As such, the business road ahead will be challenging. Growth will be harder to achieve and business failure will be more prevalent.
But the best of America''s growth businesses will pass through this cycle to experience renewed and hopeful growth in contrast to the high failure rate of those who fail to grow. The numbers are proving this to be the extreme case-a higher upside with a greater failure rate.
What are America''s recession-proof, highest growth companies doing differently? What are the values, fundamentals, and actions that will make the difference between failure, or just surviving and thriving? The answer to these questions is, what Thomson calls, The 7 Essentials-value prop
Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
PART ONE Achieving Growth during Challenging Times
Companies That Are Redefining Growth 3
Your Revenue Growth Blueprint 13
PART TWO The 7 Essentials of High-Growth Companies
The 7 Essentials 27
Applying the 7 Essentials as a Positive Feedback System 59
Three Big Boulders on the Path to Growth—And How to Clear Them Away 73
PART THREE The 7 Essentials in Action
The Emergence of the Global 7 Essentials 89
Blueprint . . . or Blue Print: Same Story, Same Values 93
Applying the 7 Essentials at HCL Technologies 103
HCL’s Blue Print for Continued Exponential Growth 119
PART FOUR A Blueprint to Achieve High Growth
Create Your 7 Essentials Action Plan 131
Build Your 7 Essentials Roadmap 147
Insights to Actions 151
The 7 Essentials for Start-Up Companies 163
PART FIVE A Growth Calling
Identify Your Growth Calling 169
Essential Leadership Pillars 173
Your Journey Begins with Three Steps 191
Notes 197
Index 199
