Pulling Profits Out of a Hat

Adding Zeros to Your Company Isn't Magic

Brad Sugars

• Publisher: Cranberry Press
• Year: 2019
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9781732049772
• Subtopic: Entrepreneurship
• Index: Business

Grow Your Company By Multiples Not Increments Company's like Apple, Amazon, IKEA, Uber make growth look like magic. That is because it easier to believe business success is the result of luck or mysterious forces rather than careful, consistent, and disciplined behaviors. What truly sets great companies apart is their ability to instill and master the 5 Disciplines of Exponential Growth. These disciplines are universal, and any company, of any size, in any industry can foster them to achieve massive growth in all areas of their organization. Pulling Profits out of a Hat demystifies business growth and provides an actionable guide to mastering the 5 Disciplines to achieve: • Long term sustainability through sound strategy. • Sales predictability through improved business development; • Greater company wide stability by effectively developing people; • Consistent company performance through more efficient execution; • A more powerful emotional connection with your employees, customers and community - the magical potion of exponential growth. Are you ready to take your company to the next level? In the book you will discover how each of the 5 disciplines: strategy, business development, people, execution, and mission give you the processes needed to best satisfy your 5 constituents: your company, yours customers, your team, your stakeholders, and your community. Assess your own company's performance in each of the disciplines by using taking the 5 Disciplines Assessment that is included in chapter 6 of the book. This book is a must read for any CEO, corporate executive, entrepreneur or business owner that is tired of small painful incremental growth. It will inform, inspire, and show you the steps you must take to achieve exponential growth. Now go make business magic!

Table of contents

• Praise For
• Titlepage
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Marshall Goldsmith Foreword
• CHAPTER 1 Something Out of Nothing: The Miser's Dream
• CHAPTER 2 Believe in Magic: The Power of Exponential Growth
• CHAPTER 3 Master the Magic: The Five Disciplines of Adding Zeros
• CHAPTER 4 How the 5 Disciplines Add Zeros
• CHAPTER 5 Wowing the Crowds: Satisfying your Constituents
• CHAPTER 6 What's Up Your Sleeve: Take a Self-Assessment
• CHAPTER 7 Sustainability: The Fountain of Youth Adding Zeros Through the Discipline of Strategy
• CHAPTER 8 Predictability: The Crystal Ball Adding Zeros Through the Discipline of Business Development
• CHAPTER 9 Stability: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Adding Zeros through the Discipline of People
• CHAPTER 10 Consistency: The Incantation Adding Zeros through the Discipline of Execution
• CHAPTER 11 Emotional Connection: The Love Potion Adding Zeros Through The Discipline of Mission
• CHAPTER 12 Putting It Together: Strategic Thinking & Execution Planning
• CHAPTER 13 SHOWTIME!
• Glossary
• About the Authors