Have you ever felt like growing your business is a little like climbing a mountain… with a backpack full of rocks? The truth is, it doesn’t have to be that hard. And easier growth could be as simple as aligning your strategies with your timing.

Pinpointing which stage your business is in can help you unlock insights specific to that stage—and help you sustain growth. Because even if you have the right answer, if you’re using that strategy at the wrong time, you’re only making growth harder on your whole organization.

Our latest guest, Matthew Pohl, is Principal of the ReWild Group. He’s spent nearly two decades as an entrepreneur and business owner, and has personally experienced the impact of the ReWild methodology when it helped his business value grow 10X in three years. He currently advises business owners on building resilient organizations through leadership, infrastructure, strategy, and culture. 

Listen to the full episode for our conversation on the 7 stages of growth a business goes through, which rules apply to which stages, why business owners and organization leaders plateau, and more. 

Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn: 

• The 7 stages of business growth according to Matt and the ReWild Group
• The most difficult stage of growth where leaders commonly get stuck 
• More about the ReWild Group, and how it helps small to mid-sized businesses identify the stage of growth they’re in, and what rules to follow depending on the answer
• Why business owners plateau, and why the rules for growth are constantly evolving
• How to shift from owner-centric to enterprise-centric, and why that transition is important
• More of Matthew’s personal story, including when his own business got “stale,” and how he helped move his organization out of that rut
• How Matthew measures success at ReWild Group, both quantitatively and qualitatively, plus which lagging and leading KPIs the organization keeps track of 
• The personal rules by which Matthew lives that keep him grounded and help him measure success in his home life
• Matthew’s book recommendations for business owners

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

• ReWild Group
• Matthew Pohl on LinkedIn
• “Navigating the Growth Curve” by James Fischer
• Matthew’s books for each growth stage
• “Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You” by John Warrillow
• “Brand & Core Values: Keeping promises to the market and the team (Organizational ReWilding: Elements of an Exceptional Business)” by Matthew Pohl
• 40 Strategy
• Contact 40 Strategy
• Carl J. Cox on LinkedIn