What growth asks of a company
More demand changes cash needs, capacity and delivery promises.
For owners and growth teams: examine what a new order requires, what it earns and what must be ready before accepting it.
For owners and leadership teams
Business speaking.
Talks about growth, responsibility and running a company. Explore three proposed topics below, then tell me about your audience.
We agree the subject and format around the people attending.
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A recorded conversation
Hear Stan in conversation.
A Brothers’ Creed · December 2020 · 55 minutes
The publisher’s episode notes describe a conversation about goals, business growth, career planning and balancing work with family.
This is an archived podcast interview, separate from the proposed talks below.
Proposed topics
Three starting points.
Who can act when the owner is away?
A named backup needs authority, access and practice.
For owners and leadership teams: identify what would stop, who can act and which transfer needs a real test.
What happens after yes?
An accepted job creates a promise other people plan around.
For founders and team leaders: examine honest updates, closing commitments and when to decline the next request.
Repeated unwanted work raises a separate question about what the business accepts. That pattern needs its own examination. One delayed task does not settle it.
Illustrative written example
The order is bigger. Is the business ready?
A new customer wants an order large enough to fill the production schedule. Materials must be paid for before the customer pays. Existing customers still expect their deliveries.
Accept with different terms? A deposit and a later delivery date could make the order workable, if the customer agrees and capacity is available.
Accept a smaller order? That could protect current commitments while testing the new relationship.
The useful question is what each option requires. Check available production time and the cash needed before payment. Revenue alone cannot answer it.
Other event formats
Panels and business conversations.
For a panel, interview or private roundtable, we can discuss the contribution you need: sharing a view as a guest, asking the questions or guiding the discussion. The role, participants and preparation need to be agreed.
A sample growth discussion: What evidence changed your view? Which customer behaviour mattered? What would make the opposite choice reasonable?
Include plans for audience questions, recording and quotation in the brief.
Event inquiry
Tell me about your event.
Corporate speaking starts with an inquiry and a separate quote. We agree the format, preparation, fee and any travel before booking.