Be the Elephant Build a Bigger, Better Business

Description

In business, there’s no standing still. The trick is to become an elephant- *big* enough to make a difference, *healthy* enough to withstand financial currents, *strong* enough to influence your market-and *smart* enough to avoid the pitfalls of growth.
With *Be the Elephant* , bestselling author Steve Kaplan provides the business-growing playbook for every entrepreneur, CEO, sales professional, small business owner, and manager alike. The strategy, the process, the toolbox.
Written in a friendly, no-nonsense style, *Be the Elephant* takes the mystery and the fear out of growing bigger. It shows you how to address potential downsides, point by point, and provides a 25-question quiz to gauge your business’s current health. There are lessons in strengthening sales, a business’s front line. Vertical and horizontal growth. Risk versus reward. How to avoid the twin dilemmas inherent in growth-grow too slowly and wither, or grow too fast and lose control. And finally, how to chart it and start it, from developing an all-important USP-unique selling proposition-to avoiding the Five Killer Mistakes that can ruin a company.
And from there, how to go forth and Be the Elephant