by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Jan 14, 2018 | Corporate Culture, Growth Strategy, Strategy, Sustainability
I saw a statistic recently that my home state of Colorado registered 117,648 new businesses in 2017 – a 7% YOY increase. And that is in a state with just over 5 million residents. Those numbers reinforced our mission and vision at Escalate Solutions, as we...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Mar 3, 2017 | Leadership, Operations, Sustainability
We are living in an age of rapid disruption, being defined increasingly by machines that can learn to act and predict solutions without being explicitly programmed to do so. Entrepreneurs and c-suite leaders hoping to remain relevant in the digital age need to...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Oct 31, 2016 | C-Suite, Corporate Culture, Delegation, Emerging Leaders, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Leadership, Mission, Operations, Pivoting, Scaling, Strategy, Sustainability
I am often asked to help clients overcome “conflicting dichotomies” – realities being experienced within a business or industry with seemingly contradictory or mutually-exclusive qualities. Challenges I am seeing in my client-base and the greater marketplace...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Aug 27, 2016 | Alignment, C-Suite, Corporate Culture, Delegation, Emerging Leaders, Growth Strategy, Human Resources, Leadership, Millennials, Scaling, Small Business, Strategy, Sustainability, Values, Vision, Work/Life Balance
As a growth strategist and operations advisor, one of the most common roadblocks to Alignment that I observe relates to the lack of communication and information sharing across an organization. Far too many entities fall into the trap of limiting forward-seeking...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 7, 2016 | Alignment, C-Suite, Corporate Culture, Emerging Leaders, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Human Resources, Leadership, Mission, Scaling, Small Business, Strategy, Sustainability, Value Proposition, Values
For all of the posts, presentations and lectures I share that highlight the “Four Steps of Effective Strategic Planning”, the truth is, some organizations have a (much) more difficult time solidifying their growth path than others do. One of the most frequent requests...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Mar 13, 2016 | Big Data, Corporate Culture, Cost Controls, Growth Strategy, Leadership, Marketing, Mission, Operations, Pivoting, Research, Scaling, Small Business, Strategy, Sustainability, Value Proposition, Values, Vision
Want to Grow Your Business? Start by Asking the Right Questions. When working with our clients, Escalate Solutions applies the following “8 Critical Topics in Strategic Planning” to pinpoint the most critical subject areas for enabling growth...