Stage 5 - Are You Known Beyond Your Product?

Stage 5 - Sustainability

Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO, I'm also the author of The 7 Stage Growth Method. Today's topic- Stage 5- The Sustainability Stage

This is the stage when you can first start considering scaling your business. You've laid the foundation in stages one through four. Let's see how you doing in Stage 5, give yourself a rank on a scale of 1-10, 1 low, 10 high. Stage 5 is when the systems have taken over to the point they've created such a consistent experience for your customer base that you are now known for something other than your product and service. Starbucks- the experience, McDonald's- convenience and real estate. They are known for things other than their core product and service. Are you? Give yourself a score on a scale of 1 to 10. One, we're not known for that at all, 10, we are, all the ancillary benefits people really know and know really well. Put your score in the comments section.

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Stage 4- Systematize for Growth

Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, just a little bit more than a one minute investment per day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic - Stage 4.

Rank yourself on how well you have created your systems. This is the Systems Stage, where you decide on the ecosystem or the type of business you're going to be. Up to this point you've been an entrepreneurial-run business; now we're making the switch to a professionally managed business, where you systematize every single aspect of your business. Little hint, start with the most frustrating part of your business and work your way back from there, because any frustration in your business means that you lack a consistent and viable system in that particular area of your business. Give yourself a rank, 1-we haven't figured out what we want to be when we grow up, 10- we've nailed it! Put your score in the comments section below.

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Stage 3 - Building a Team That Believes

Stage 3 - The Synergy Stage

Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, a little more than a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic -Stage 3.

Give yourself a rank on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 low, 10 being high. Stage 3 is the Synergy Stage. This is where you're building your implementation team. If you have a great plan you're an authority in your niche now you're busy and in demand, and you need people to help you. They have to be fully aligned and bought into:

• Your mission

• Your vision

• Your values

• Your purpose for your business

Give yourself a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10, how aligned and enthusiastic is your team about your mission? All right, because that'll tell you how dedicated they are to the long-term goals of your company. Put a comment below, what's your score? I wanna know, all right?

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Stage 2 - From Unknown to Industry Expert

Stage 2- The Specialty Stage

Hi Everyone, this is Carl Gould author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, just a little over a one minute investment each day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic is stage 2 the specialty stage.

Alright, here we're judging how much of an expert in your niche are you? How much of an authority? Give yourself a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10. One, nobody knows who I am. Ten, I'm an ABSOLUTE authority in my niche. Here's how you know. Somebody unsolicited comes up to you at an industry conference or somebody in the industry contacts you and says, "hey, can I can I bug you a little bit can I ask you a few questions? Buy you a cup of coffee and pick your brain because you've figured out some things that I just haven't been able to figure out and you seem to really have that worked out."

So, how often does that happen to you and how much of an expert are you in your niche? One, you're a Houdini, nobody knows who you are, you're a disappearing act, 10, you're a celebrity in your niche. Put a comment at the bottom, let me know what your score is.

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Stage 1 - Ranking Your Business

Hello Everyone, this is Carl Gould, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO just a little over a one minute investment per day for a lifetime of results. Today, we are going to start ranking your business according to the 7 Stage method.

Stage 1- give yourself a ranking, one low, BORING! 10 high, inspiring and compelling. To what degree are your strategic planning documents, all those great ideas you got out of your head and onto paper, not only are they documented they are inspiring and compelling. What you do, how you do it, why you're doing it, all that together has to be a 10, a 10 in each one, so give yourself a ranking.

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Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results.

We've coached about 150,000 people now. And we ask everybody, how did you ever get started in your business, if they're a business owner? Or how did you choose this career path if you work for an organization? The number one answer that we get as the reason why somebody chose a career path is that someone else believed in me. Someone else said, hey, you know, you're really good at this, or you have a, I went into accounting and finance. This is how the meeting went, senior year in high school. My guidance counselor said to me, Carl, your math scores are really high. You should become an accountant. And I was like, well, that sounds cool. I should do that. So I went to school for accounting and finance, and I had no clue what it was. But I did it because my career counselor said to me, well, you have a proficiency in that area. Your scores are really high. You should go into that field. So I did. I had no clue what accounting and finance meant until I got to college, right? But it's the most common answer we have is somebody believed in me. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more.

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Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results.

Your language means this is where knowledge, credentials comes into play. You need to be the smartest person in whatever room you walk in. Or if you're on a project and you're doing a build-out or you're doing a budget, you want to be among, if not the smartest person in that room because you can then direct the room because people follow certainty. They follow leaders, okay? So you want to be the lead dog. So most people say, oh great, I don't have to worry about that 7%, I'll just focus on the body language. Uh-uh. We need it because it's the lead dog. The body language will do most of the work, but we do need the words for the as the lead dog. Everybody okay with that?

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Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results.

Not as important, but it is very important, especially in a commercial setting, to respect. Can you handle the task at hand, right? So whatever your title is, can you handle the job that you say you can do? Here's why that's important. Because if I don't respect you, I won't bother telling you the truth. I won't bother bringing things to you because you can't handle it. Why would I bring a problem to you if you can't handle it, okay? Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more.

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