You've maneuvered your company through startup. You've experienced some growth. And you're poised for even more growth. Or, so you think. For many companies, growth brings even more challenges than the startup stage does.

This week's Talking Business Now episodes highlight two growth experts who address the challenges of business growth and what it takes to successfully navigate a company into a position where its growth is both profitable and sustainable.

Margaret Reynolds offers growth-minded companies a system that she calls GrowthDNA to help companies build more profitable, stronger cultures and faster results.

Karen Walker, who was one of the first employees of Compaq Computers and witnessed the growth of the company from a startup to a multibillion enterprise, shares five key strategies for creating infrastructure than can support a growing company's increased sales.

And here are a few quick thoughts of my own on blocking and tackling your way to business growth.
Boosting Your Company's GrowthDNA
Most business owners work hard to build a better business . . . one that's more profitable, has a strong culture and achieves—and sustains—high performance.

But hard work alone won't get business owners the results they want. What's the missing link?

According to Margaret Reynolds, an expert on business growth, it's something she calls "GrowthDNA." She maintains that just as people have DNA, every company also has a gene code that can be nurtured and, if necessary, modified to put the business on a path to sustainable record-breaking growth.

In this episode, Reynolds discusses the four strands of every company's GrowthDNA and other highlights from her latest book Boost Your GrowthDNA: How Strategic Leaders Use Growth Genetics to Drive Sustainable Business Performance.

No Dumbing Down
One of Compaq Computer's earliest employees, Karen Walker, saw firsthand how a company rose from startup to $1 billion in revenue.

She also came to understand the importance of developing the infrastructure that can support sales in a growing company.

In this episode, Walker discusses her new book No Dumbing Down: A No-Nonsense Guide for CEOs on Organization Growth that's based on her tenure as the vice president of operating services for Compaq.

She offers five proven strategies business leaders can use to create internal processes and strategies that support profitable and sustainable company growth.

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