Have you ever wondered what enables some entrepreneurs to exponentially grow their businesses while others go flat, or worse? Their secret lies in their ability to find and lead what I call their hidden organization. You may think you dont have an organization, hidden or otherwise, especially if your business consists of a gang of one or there are only a few employees on staff. But the fact is that even the smallest businesses have an organization, and your success or failure is determined by your ability to find it and then lead it in a way that gives you more of the results you want.
This may be a totally new concept to consider. Its easy to think of giant corporations as having organizations. These are the internal stakeholders consisting of employees, departments and committees on the payroll. However, large companies are realizing that independent consultants, suppliers, outsource providers, alliance partners, customers and other external stakeholders also play a critical role in their organizations ability to achieve high performance results.
Just as your business is part of your customers external organization, it also has external stakeholders of its own...