When Growth Outruns Your People: What Smart Leaders Do before the Wheels Fall Off

TL;DR: Fast growth creates a hidden retention problem most leaders don't see until they're deep in it. The team that helped you build the business may not be the team that can take it to the next level. Recognizing that gap early, having honest conversations, and creating an environment where people can grow without fear of failure is how you keep your best people and grow the right way.

Mike Krupit didn't set out to become a leadership expert. He started as an engineer in Silicon Valley in the mid-80s, spent 25 years bouncing through eight startups, and was thrust into leadership roles before he had any business being in them. His words, not mine.

What he figured out the hard way is that technical skills are not what hold a company together. People skills are. And if you don't get good at them, growth doesn't just slow down. It starts working against you.

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