A successful start-up was acquired and needed to scale to at least three times its size. Leadership, processes, tools and mindsets were not ready, nor aligned on how to make that transition. Through our work supporting them, the company changed, scaled and grew. The company did so well, that the leadership team eventually had the choice to leave, knowing their creation would thrive.

Target Audience: Leaders, Managers, Coaches, Decision Makers, CTO, Engineering Managers
Prerequisites: Basic Leadership experience
Level: Advanced

Extended Abstract:
As the company was still on the brink of scaling up and the CTO was very hands on and in control, our primary mission was to take him out of the process.
Because as good as he was, he was only one person. Which doesn’t scale and he set himself up to be THE bottleneck in the system.
So how could we leverage his skills and know-how, without making him an even bigger bottleneck and at the same time empower the team?
The company was fast paced, releasing software several times per day. They were extremely customer focused and gaining traction in the market at a high speed.
When we joined, we also became part of the rave party, building, testing and shipping so quickly. It was exhilarating
The problem was that the CTO acted as a final safety check. We got hired to make this scaleable: How?

• We identified the current situation, next steps and goals.
• We made strategic hires.
• We removed waste that kept us from our goal.
• We showed progress through useful data.

We like to call this ”Overcoming The End Boss”. Together, we learned his weapons, his moves, his strategies and devised ways to master them.
Step-by-step, the team grew in numbers and so did the quality of their work. So much so that the CTO at some point told us ‘It’s the first time in the 4 years since creating this start-up, I had time to mow my lawn.’
That’s when we knew our job was done.
In this talk we’ll take you on our journey from Quality Audit to making ourselves redundant. Our wins, our failures & our learnings.