SCALING UP: The Definitive Business Growth Playbook
The ultimate strategic guide for leaders and teams who want to expand their business with clarity, discipline, and pace — grounded in proven frameworks and real-world stories from CEOs who’ve scaled beyond $10M and even $100M in revenue.
Scaling Up is the foundational business growth system used by thousands of business leaders around the world. Co-authored by Verne Harnish and the Scaling Up team, this book distills decades of experience into a practical, action-oriented playbook for companies ready to scale beyond the startup stage.
Whether you’re a founder, CEO or senior leader, Scaling Up gives you the tools and frameworks to turn growth challenges into momentum.
Verne Harnish is founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), with over 18,000 members, and chaired for 15 years EO’s premiere CEO program held at MIT, a program in which he still teaches today.
Founder and CEO of Scaling Up, a global executive education and coaching company with over 260 partners on six continents, Verne has spent the past four decades helping companies scaleup.
The Core Framework: 4 Pillars to Scale your Organization’s Value
Scaling Up performance platform focuses on the 4 DECISIONS™ methodology every company must get right: PEOPLE, STRATEGY, EXECUTION, CASH™ — a series of One-Page Tools including the famous One-Page Strategic Plan and the Rockefeller Habits Execution Checklist, which more than 70,000 firms around the globe have used to scale their companies successfully.
PEOPLE
– One-Page Personal Plan
– Functional Accountability Chart
– Process Accountability Chart
STRATEGY
– SWT
– 7 Strata
– One-Page Strategic Plan
– Vision Summary
EXECUTION
– Who What When
– Rockfeller Habits Checklist
CASH
– Cash Acceleration Strategies
– The Power of One
Tools & Downloads Included
The GR edition provides downloadable templates in Greek & English, including:
- One-Page Strategic Plan (OPSP)
- OPPP, FACe, PACe models
- Execution checklists
- Cash acceleration tools
These are the exact tools used by thousands of scaling companies worldwide.
Charity & Impact
With every book purchased, 10% is donated to Schedia, supporting homeless and socially excluded people
Your growth journey also fuels positive change.
Discover the Tools Behind Sustainable Growth
Scaling a company requires more than ambition — it requires clarity, alignment, and disciplined execution.
This guide brings together a collection of practical Scaling Up growth tools designed to help leadership teams improve decision-making, execution, accountability, and long-term scalability. Inside, you’ll discover frameworks and tools focused on: Strategy alignment, Meeting rhythms & execution, Priorities & accountability, Team communication, Cash and operational clarity.
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