Nick talks to Craig Lemasters, CEO of GXG, a management consultancy dedicated to solving traditional consulting’s execution problem by curating intentional, focused conversations with expert operators who share the advantage of their knowledge and experience.

Craig's message is simple - to help senior leaders get unstuck on tough challenges. It's a problem affecting many businesses on the way to scale-up, and in this week's show, Craig gives you some practical advice on how to get unstuck!

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Being "stuck" is the feeling of being overwhelmed and stressed, usually as a result of your businesses decline in growth. This leads to a lack of ideas and inspiration, which in turn leads to a plateau effect.
• Profitable growth has a remarkably healing effect upon any area of business that is in decline. Even conversation that tend toward the negative can be assuaged by the empowerment that comes through profitability.
• Those who begin businesses are usually reluctant to bring new people aboard for fear of diluting their original vision. But this is a sure-fire way to hit that plateau. We must surround ourselves with new people, new insights and new perspectives.
• We must have the humility to recognise that there are people out there who know more than we do. It is our responsibility as leaders to harness their knowledge and guidance, and learn.

BEST MOMENTS

'Profitable growth tended to heal all the other things we argued about in companies'

'Scale up is the ability to spot talent and capability and build teams, and it's the ability to work with structure and process'

'Confidence is one of the missing words in the leadership formula'

'If you go back to the history of education, it's always been a wise person teaching a less wise person'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Scale Up Your Business – scaleup.vip/podcast

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Craig Lemasters - https://craiglemasters.com

Craig Lemasters LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-lemasters-72507321/

ABOUT THE HOST

Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert.

His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally.

Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact.

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