Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers

INDEX

A

accountability

for leaders, 165–171

in mergers and acquisitions, 96

time management and, 24–25

accounting, 104, 143–144

alignment, in mergers and acquisitions, 90–91. See also strategic planning

Alliance of Chief Executives, 15, 63

ambiguity, 208

AMP’d Mobile, 39

analytics, 198

angel investors, 147

Ansin, Ken, 100–105

Arazi-Gamliel, Oran, 56–58

Ask Jeeves, 82

assessments

for growth initiatives, 67

of leadership teams, 175–180

on liquidity crashes, 136

for mergers and acquisitions, 105

online, 24, 67, 105, 136, 176–177

trigger points for, defining, 37

assumptions

in execution, 73–74

in operational planning, 46–47

in strategic planning, 50

B

Bain Capital, 98, 100

Baird, Tom, 92–93

banks, relationship management with, 145–146, 156

behavioral ...