Excellerate Associates

Excellerate Associates, the go-to business mentors for entrepreneurial and leadership development

  • Home
  • Members
  • Blog
  • Meeting Planners
    • Keynote Speaker
    • Speaker Topics
  • Media
    • About
    • Articles, Quotes and Tips
    • Images Gallery
    • Media Coverage
    • News and Story Ideas
    • Questions to Ask Lisa
  • Contact
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates

Get Your Free eBook:
Elevate and Expand Your Brand

Free eBook
WBE_Seal SB_ALUMNI
  • Start Here
    • Schedule Your Discovery Session
    • Me Myself and Why
    • Meet Lisa Mininni
    • Success Stories
  • Events & Training
    • Events
    • Attend an Introduction to Scaling & Systematizing Your Business Workshop
    • Best Seller Profit System Workshop – Become a Best Selling Author
    • Create Your Signature Program
    • Self-Study Programs
    • Speaker Lab: Elevate Your Presentation Skills
    • Wake Up Profitable Boot Camp for Business Owners
    • Wired to Win 101: How Are You Hardwired?
    • Wired to Win! Your Path to Passion, Purpose, and Profit Workshop
  • Coaching/Mentoring
    • Schedule Your Discovery Session
    • View our Mentoring Programs
    • Profitability Lab: Introduction
    • Premier Coaching – Schedule Your Discovery Session
  • Excelleration App
  • Collaborate
    • Affiliate Program
    • Charity of Choice
    • Profitability Lab Leader Licensee
  • Business Innovation Lab

From Confusion to Certainty: Practical Tools to Scale Your Business

April 8, 2021 by Lisa Mininni Leave a Comment


As your company grows, notice when there’s confusion. Confusion about who is responsible for certain tasks or areas of responsibility. If you step away for a period of time, notice if your team is confused about who to report to or who can answer their questions in your absence. Notice when you’re overwhelmed with questions, things are falling through the cracks, and you can’t keep up. Consider that you may be the bottleneck.

The good news is there are tools that will help you to lead your company’s growth rather than it leading you. Your team’s confusion may be a sign that you’re missing important tools that will proactively scale your business.

That tool is your organizational structure. And, specifically, your organizational chart. There is a distinction between your organizational structure and chart. Organizational structure is traditionally designed around business functions (e.g., sales, marketing, finance, human resources, etc.), defines the key performance indicators for the function, and defines authority, responsibility, and accountability. Whereas, an organizational chart is built around people and titles.

These tools are more than an exercise to complete in a business course. When used consistently, they are the pathway to fulfill on your scaled business. They not only identify your current structure to support your operations, but your organizational structure and chart:

1. Creates Organizational Alignment.

Organizational Structures and Charts serve as a visual representation of how each role aligns with the company’s Contribution in the World, Vision, Mission, and Values. According to a study by Deloitte, 80 percent of Millennials say they would be more committed at work if they felt their employer made a positive impact on society. Showing your team how their work is aligned with the company’s Contribution in the World is a way to keep team members engaged knowing they are a part of something bigger.

2. Identifies Career Progression Opportunities.

Your team members will want to know the opportunities that are available for them. Their career progression may not necessarily mean a different title, but they are interested in knowing how they can acquire new skills, abilities, and opportunities to take the lead.

3. Identifies a Strategic Pathway.

Having related structures empower you to proactively identify the revenue benchmarks that must be met to add new talent, identify the type of talent needed for your next level, and when/where to create efficiencies (e.g., adding automation, expanding roles, etc.) as the business grows.

Successful leaders understand that organizational structure and charts are value-added tools that serve as a visual representation of your support and should list employees, independent contractors, and volunteers. They should also illustrate the future you’re living into.

If you’re inspired to design a pathway to scale your business, join us for the Wake Up Profitable Boot Camp for Business Owners on April 29-30, 2021. With our hybrid learning platform, you can join us online or onsite.

Register at: https://www.excellerateassociates/wake-up-profitable-boot-camp/

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: business consulting, business mentoring, Excellerate Associates, organizational chart, organizational structure, scale your business

Three Business Essentials Every Business Owners Must Get Clear On and Why

April 25, 2019 by Lisa Mininni Leave a Comment

What do these business tools have in common?

Organizational Chart
Core Values
Fiscal Fitness

These tools are often overlooked essentials. Without them you will:

  1. Wrestle with knowing your bench strength
  2. Struggle to shape your company’s culture
  3. Be caught off guard as you scale

Bench Strength

As soon as one of my mentoring clients got clear on the reporting relationships within her rapidly growing business, she was then able to see clearly how to stop being the bottleneck in her company’s growth. With greater ease, she easily assigns responsibilities freeing her schedule to focus on the strategic plan rather than the day-to-day tasks.

Company’s Culture Through Core Values

Your core values are more important that words on a poster. One CEO of an IT firm indicated that his values come into play each day particularly in their consultative process with clients or even prospects. It’s part of his core values to give the customer what they need, not just what he has to sell. As a result, he has a high degree of customer retention and satisfaction. He has positioned himself as a trusted advisor.

Fiscal Fitness

Nobody wants to be caught off guard when they scale. As your company expands, it’s more important than ever to understand and manage the fiscal fitness of your company. If you’re not managing your financials, you could be aligning yourself with some sleepless nights when you discover you don’t have enough to cover payroll. A simple system to review your financials each week or month keeps your eye on early warning signs so you can respond before it becomes problematic.

 

Today is Day 1 of the Wake Up Profitable Boot Camp for Business Owners where we work on these very essentials to scale your business. If you couldn’t make it this month, make it point to get your ticket for October 3-4, 2019. I invite you to register with 2019earlybird10wup before Friday, May 3 to take advantage of early registration for October. Mentoring starts right away. We’ll schedule your Welcome Strategy Call as soon as you register.

REGISTER NOW

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: business mentors, core values, Excellerate Associates, fiscal fitness, organizational chart

Members Login

Click to login

Download(s)

Your Download(s)

Wake Up Profitable Live Event

The Wake Up Profitable Intensive Boot Camp for Business Owners draws in successful entrepreneurs committed to attaining stronger marketing systems, skills and profitability that has resulted in:

  • Increased productivity by over 40%
  • Improved sales 90% in 30 days
  • Freedom to enjoy life by aligning and systematizing their business
Scale Your Business Now!

Profitability Lab Introduction

In this live session you will:

  • Explore what’s possible for you with a brand new approach to profitability
  • Instantly find more money and time in your business
  • Discover how to shift from “busy” to profitable
Register Now!

Goals in Gear

Webinar: Get Your Goals in Gear

GET YOUR GOALS IN GEARGet Your Goals in Gear is a 65-minute webinar that will help you set your goals — and bring them into reality. Take your business to new levels with an actionable plan of specific measurables, strategies, milestones and actions.

Learn More

Me, Myself, and Why?

Me, Myself and Why? Best Selling BookBOOK: Me, Myself, and Why? The Secrets to Navigating Change

The Most Valuable Book You Will Ever Read: Discover how one foundational tool can give you the courage to take you where you want to go in life.

Learn More
  • Business Mentoring to Scale Your Business
  • Interview with Lisa Mininni
  • Media Center
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Success Stories
  • Free Resources
  • Best Selling Book
  • Contact
  • Members Only
  • Affiliates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Home

© Copyright 2025 Excellerate Associates ·| Powered by Essential IT | Privacy Policy