The leadership skills that got you to 20 people won't work at 100
“Which bits of it will be very useful?”
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themselves, their strengths, their current, you know, limitations, but really, really getting into, right, you've got to hear what is the precise nature of your skill set and character that's helped you do that, but how is that going to take you to the next stage, the next size of business? Which bits of it will be very useful? Which bits of it are potentially not going to work as well when you've moved from, you know, 20 to fifty, twenty to a 100 people. And therefore, let's start thinking about that now and putting
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Rupert West explains how founders must honestly assess which of their current leadership strengths will scale and which will become limitations as they grow from 20 to 100+ employees. He emphasizes the importance of proactively identifying and addressing these skill gaps before they become growth blockers.
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This addresses a critical but often overlooked challenge that every scaling founder faces - the need to evolve their leadership style as their company grows.
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