As organizations increase in size, they often experience a variety of "growing pains" that signal something has gone wrong in the process of organizational development. There are ten common organizational growing pains:
- People feel that "there are not enough hours in the day."
- People spend too much time "putting out fires."
- People are not aware of what other people are doing.
- People lack understanding about where the firm is headed.
- There are too few good managers.
- People that "I have to do it myself if I want it done correctly."
- Most people feel that meetings are a waste of time.
- When plans are made, there is little follow-up, so things just don't get done.
- Some people feel insecure about their place in the firm.
- The firm continues to grow in sales but not in profits.
Leaders and managers of companies of any size or type must learn to recognize organizational growing pains and do something about them so their companies can continue to operate successfully. The list of growing pains above are symptoms arising from root causes in a company that are not being addressed.
As you identify the basic recurring problems for your company, are you reacting to symptoms over and over again ..... or ..... are you identifying the root causes and taking the "right action" that will keep your company on a successful journey from Entrepreneur to Enterprise?
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