Nick talks to Craig Lemasters, CEO of GXG, a management consultancy dedicated to solving traditional consulting’s execution problem by curating intentional, focused conversations with expert operators who share the advantage of their knowledge and experience.

Craig's message is simple - to help senior leaders get unstuck on tough challenges. It's a problem affecting many businesses on the way to scale-up, and in this week's show, Craig gives you some practical advice on how to get unstuck!

Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes.

https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Being "stuck" is the feeling of being overwhelmed and stressed, usually as a result of your businesses decline in growth. This leads to a lack of ideas and inspiration, which in turn leads to a plateau effect.
Profitable growth has a remarkably healing effect upon any area of business that is in decline. Even conversation that tend toward the negative can be assuaged by the empowerment that comes through profitability.
Those who begin businesses are usually reluctant to bring new people aboard for fear of diluting their original vision. But this is a sure-fire way to hit that plateau. We must surround ourselves with new people, new insights and new perspectives.
We must have the humility to recognise that there are people out there who know more than we do. It is our responsibility as leaders to harness their knowledge and guidance, and learn.

BEST MOMENTS

'Profitable growth tended to heal all the other things we argued about in companies'

'Scale up is the ability to spot talent and capability and build teams, and it's the ability to work with structure and process'

'Confidence is one of the missing words in the leadership formula'

'If you go back to the history of education, it's always been a wise person teaching a less wise person'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Scale Up Your Business – scaleup.vip/podcast

Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community

Take the Six Peaks of Value Creation Scorecard, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/sixpeaks

Craig Lemasters - https://craiglemasters.com

Craig Lemasters LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-lemasters-72507321/

ABOUT THE HOST

Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert.

His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally.

Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact.

CONTACT METHOD
Work with Nick: https://highvalueexit.com
Nick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fb
Nick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/li
Nick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/ig

Nick talks to Craig Lemasters, CEO of GXG, a management consultancy dedicated to solving traditional consulting’s execution problem by curating intentional, focused conversations with expert operators who share the advantage of their knowledge and experience.
Craig's message is simple - to help senior leaders get unstuck on tough challenges. It's a problem affecting many businesses on the way to scale-up, and in this week's show, Craig gives you some practical advice on how to get unstuck!
Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes.
<a href="https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/">https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/</a>
KEY TAKEAWAYS
<ul>
<li>Being "stuck" is the feeling of being overwhelmed and stressed, usually as a result of your businesses decline in growth. This leads to a lack of ideas and inspiration, which in turn leads to a plateau effect.</li>
<li>Profitable growth has a remarkably healing effect upon any area of business that is in decline. Even conversation that tend toward the negative can be assuaged by the empowerment that comes through profitability.</li>
<li>Those who begin businesses are usually reluctant to bring new people aboard for fear of diluting their original vision. But this is a sure-fire way to hit that plateau. We must surround ourselves with new people, new insights and new perspectives.</li>
<li>We must have the humility to recognise that there are people out there who know more than we do. It is our responsibility as leaders to harness their knowledge and guidance, and learn.</li>
</ul>
BEST MOMENTS
'Profitable growth tended to heal all the other things we argued about in companies'
'Scale up is the ability to spot talent and capability and build teams, and it's the ability to work with structure and process'
'Confidence is one of the missing words in the leadership formula'
'If you go back to the history of education, it's always been a wise person teaching a less wise person'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Scale Up Your Business – <a href="http://www.scaleup.vip/podcast">scaleup.vip/podcast</a>
Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: <a href="http://www.scaleup.vip/community">scaleup.vip/community</a>
Take the Six Peaks of Value Creation Scorecard, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus to get to where you want to be: <a href="https://scaleup.vip/sixpeaks">https://scaleup.vip/sixpeaks</a>  
Craig Lemasters - <a href="https://craiglemasters.com">https://craiglemasters.com</a>
Craig Lemasters LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-lemasters-72507321">https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-lemasters-72507321</a>/
ABOUT THE HOST
Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert.
His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally.
Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact.
CONTACT METHOD Work with Nick: <a href="https://highvalueexit.com/">https://highvalueexit.com</a> Nick’s Facebook page: <a href="https://highvalueexit.com/fb">https://highvalueexit.com/fb</a> Nick’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://highvalueexit.com/li">https://highvalueexit.com/li</a> Nick’s Instagram: <a href="https://highvalueexit.com/ig">https://highvalueexit.com/ig</a>

Welcome to “Scale Up with Nick Bradley”.

In this podcast, we will show you how to scale up your business and your life! So you can achieve greater freedom, wealth and impact, and live life on your terms.

Ranked #1 business podcast in the U.K. on iTunes and Spotify, we will help you go from start-up to scale-up and beyond:
How to significantly grow your business; how to create commercial strategies that drive predictable revenue; how to leverage systems and processes to free you up from day-to-day operations; how to raise funding and investment; how to generate fast scale via business acquisitions; how to exit your business for life-changing money; ultimately, how to build your empire!

You can only scale a business to the level of your identity, so week in and week out we'll be bringing you inspiring guests to help you on your journey. You see, it's not just about spreadsheets and strategies ... it's about mindset, skillset, purpose and belief - learning from people doing extraordinary things, and making a bigger impact - so you can too.

Introducing your host - entrepreneur, investor and scale-up specialist, Nick Bradley:
- Over 10 years in Private Equity
- 117 acquisitions
- 25 business exits
- $5.3bn in deals
- #1 ranking business podcast in the UK … over 600,000 downloads in 130 countries
- “In business and in life - be grateful, be brave, have faith, show up!"

Contact details:

Work with Nick: https://highvalueexit.com

Nick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fb

Nick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/li

Nick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/ig

Welcome to “Scale Up with Nick Bradley”.
In this podcast, we will show you how to scale up your business and your life! So you can achieve greater freedom, wealth and impact, and live life on your terms.
Ranked #1 business podcast in the U.K. on iTunes and Spotify, we will help you go from start-up to scale-up and beyond: How to significantly grow your business; how to create commercial strategies that drive predictable revenue; how to leverage systems and processes to free you up from day-to-day operations; how to raise funding and investment; how to generate fast scale via business acquisitions; how to exit your business for life-changing money; ultimately, how to build your empire!
You can only scale a business to the level of your identity, so week in and week out we'll be bringing you inspiring guests to help you on your journey. You see, it's not just about spreadsheets and strategies ... it's about mindset, skillset, purpose and belief - learning from people doing extraordinary things, and making a bigger impact - so you can too.
Introducing your host - entrepreneur, investor and scale-up specialist, Nick Bradley: - Over 10 years in Private Equity - 117 acquisitions - 25 business exits - $5.3bn in deals - #1 ranking business podcast in the UK … over 600,000 downloads in 130 countries - “In business and in life - be grateful, be brave, have faith, show up!"
Contact details:
Work with Nick: <a href="https://highvalueexit.com">https://highvalueexit.com</a> 
Nick’s Facebook page: <a href="https://highvalueexit.com/fb">https://highvalueexit.com/fb</a>
Nick’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://highvalueexit.com/li">https://highvalueexit.com/li</a>
Nick’s Instagram: <a href="https://highvalueexit.com/ig">https://highvalueexit.com/ig</a>

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