Smooth Scaling: 20 Rituals to Build a Friction-Free Organization

Offers a unique perspective in the “successful scaling” space. Most businesses fail to scale, and most business books look to productivity and process for the answers. This book shines the light on an opportunity for improvement most leaders have so far overlooked—improving interactions between the humans who make up the company. Appeals to today’s unicorn-obsessed entrepreneurship culture. Founders and investors are more focused on rapid-growth, high-performance organizations than in the past. Organic growth often won’t get them where they want to go; they need new strategies to successfully scale.  Arrives at a time when business growth is especially challenging. Today, with the end of zero percent interest rates and super-cheap and plentiful capital, high-growth companies are having to be much more careful with their expenditures. In an economic environment where every business is challenged to do more with the resources they have, the challenges of scaling have never been greater. Author has thirty years’ experience of helping high-growth companies to scale. In this book he shares his insights about how scaling typically leads to organizational dysfunction and shares practical rituals that you can implement to escape the common pitfalls and ensure your organization not only survives expansion but also continues to grow.

Table of Contents:
Introduction PART I: THINKING TOGETHER Chapter 1: Struggling to Scale Chapter 2: Scaling Up to High Performance Chapter 3: Discovering Dialogue: A New Operating System Chapter 4: Installing Your New Operating System PART II: WORKING TOGETHER Chapter 5: The Ever-Growing CEO Chapter 6: Top Team Chapter 7: Great Enterprise Leadership Chapter 8: Great Managers Chapter 9: Teams in Action Chapter 10: Cross-Functional Teams Chapter 11: All Staff Chapter 12: Overcoming Obstacles Conclusion

About the Author :
Rob Bier is a seasoned expert in building high-performance organizations, with over twenty years' experience in the field. He has helped over 40 scale-ups, start-ups, and growth companies to scale successfully, including eight that became unicorns or decacorns while he worked with them. He is the driving force behind Trellis Partners, a firm that supports entrepreneurs and business leaders with leadership, teaming, strategy, and execution. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of MoneySmart in Singapore. Previously he was the founder and CEO of Sparck, a fintech acquired by Citigroup, co-founder and CEO of venture capital firm antfactory, and a senior partner in the Organizational Performance practice of Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte). He also served on the Management Advisory Board of TowerBrook Capital Partners. Rob earned an engineering degree from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard. He lives in Singapore with his two dogs, Hoffmann and Rosie Bagel, and enjoys classic cars, cooking, hiking, travel, and hanging out with his kids.

Review :
"A book that shows how heart and humanity should be essential to the quest for scale and impact." -Michael Bungay Stanier, bestselling author of The Coaching Habit "Rob Bier shows how conversations lie at the heart of your company's success. He appreciates the true meaning of psychological safety-room for candor and debate-and shares practical advice on how to hold powerful conversations that drive performance while creating a healthy and inclusive culture." -Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor of leadership and author of Right Kind of Wrong "Rob Bier has enormous experience helping high-growth companies-including ours-overcome the challenges of scaling. This book sums up his powerful method perfectly." -Kris Marszalek, cofounder and CEO of Crypto.com "Rob Bier has been an invaluable coach and guide throughout our years of rapid growth, and this practical, easy-to-read book captures the essence of his experience and wisdom." -Joel Bar-El, founder and chairman of Trax Retail "Bier's book perfectly describes the organizational challenges that so often cause high-growth companies to bog down. But more importantly, it equips CEOs and leaders with the knowledge and tools they need to prevent and address these challenges and maintain high performance as they scale." -Denes Ban, managing partner of OurCrowd "Smooth Scaling is a must-read for any business leader hoping to successfully navigate the critical transition points of their scaling journey." -Hari V. Krishnan, CEO and managing director of PropertyGuru Group