The Self-Managing Company: Freeing yourself up from everything that prevents you from creating a 10x bigger future.
By Dan Sullivan
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In my Strategic Coach® workshops, I'll draw a circle on the white board, and in the center, I'll write, "Self-Managing Company."
I'll say to the group, "You don't know exactly what I'm going to say about this, but right off the bat, how many of you want one of these?" Every hand in the room goes up.
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The Self-Managing Company - Dan Sullivan
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The Self-Managing Company
In my Strategic Coach workshops, I’ll draw a circle on the white board, and in the center, I’ll write, Self-Managing Company.
I’ll say to the group, You don’t know exactly what I’m going to say about this, but right off the bat, how many of you want one of these?
Every hand in the room goes up.
Every ambitious entrepreneur in the world wants to have their own Self-Managing Company.
This 60-minute book will provide you and your team with the eight crucial entrepreneurial mindsets necessary to make this a daily, exciting breakthrough for the next 25 years and beyond.
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Contents
Introduction
The Company Everyone Wants
Chapter 1
The ABC Model
Chapter 2
The 4 C’s Formula
Chapter 3
The Gap And The Gain
Chapter 4
Free, Focus, And Buffer Days
Chapter 5
Unique Ability Teamwork
Chapter 6
The Largest Check
Chapter 7
The 10x Mind Expander
Chapter 8
The Lifetime Extender
Conclusion
Getting Ready To Self-Multiply
The Strategic Coach Program
For Ambitious, Collaborative Entrepreneurs
Introduction
The company everyone wants.
You transform your company into a self-managing organization that continually frees you up for multiplier breakthroughs.
I’ve had a recurring experience since I first came up with the idea of The Self-Managing Company. In my workshops, I’ll draw a circle on the white board, and in the center, I’ll write, Self-Managing Company.
I’ll say to the group, You don’t know exactly what I’m going to say about this, but right off the bat, how many of you want one of these?
Every hand in the room goes up.
Having a company that manages itself to greater growth and success, without the owner having to be involved in all aspects of the day-to-day management of the business, is a universal desire for all entrepreneurs.
You are your most important resource.
I often quote French philosopher Jean-Baptiste Say who, in 1803, defined an entrepreneur as someone who shifts resources from a lower to a higher level of productivity and