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"Once their firms have reached midsize, the CEO’s impulses must cede center stage.  Scaling the business must be center stage, and strategic innovations must be tested in the wings. Creating a program to prove the viability of a significant change in the firm’s strategy ensures that the experiment won’t knock the ship off course if the idea turns out to be flawed.
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In these instances, CFOs can play a valuable role: keeping the CEO (or other C-suite leaders) from yielding to the impulse to tinker. The most successful CFOs I know insist their company’s core strategy be written down. When someone begins to tinker with it, they push for clarity. They want to see exactly what resources will be required and what priorities are emphasized. As important,  they want everyone to know how much time a new strategy experiment will be given to succeed.
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Such discipline creates focus and forces leaders of midsize firms to determine whether a new strategy fits with the original winning plan. These simple protocols can be the difference between a midsize company that keeps its eye on the road ahead, and one that ends up in the ditch because it became distracted."

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