Courtney B. Spaeth is Chief Executive Officer of Growth, a consultancy that works with nonprofits and businesses to create plans for sustainable and measurable growth. Today's conversation is packed with valuable ideas you can take back to your own office ranging from company culture to hiring. Business development is "a lot like dating," and needs to be approached thoughtfully. Starting her career in Fortune 100 companies, Ms Spaeth brings an different approach to the nonprofit worth and her insights are invaluable.  Courtney B. Spaeth, founder and CEO of growth.[period], is a recognized expert in public and private business development, corporate growth, and mergers and acquisition support, as well as a sought after speaker on a broad range of business and leadership issues. Through her leadership, growth.[period] has cultivated a proven track record of success helping companies, including Fortune 100 firms, in both the Federal and commercial sectors achieve smart growth. The most important issue for companies in today’s challenging business environment is intelligent expansion, with CEO’s vying for that special edge that will help them achieve and sustain growth; growth.[period] is the professional expert and the partner that helps companies realize that success, and has served a broad range of clients, including Lockheed Martin, Verizon, Genesys, Stanley Black & Decker, and Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, since its inception in 2007.