Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.

We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a business." Most businesses... Like most of anything else in life... Fall somewhere between mediocre and good.

Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity.

I am not failing - I am growing! Do you have the ability to reframe failure as growth in order to achieve your goals?

Recruit entrepreneurial leaders and give them freedom to determine the best path to achieving their objectives. On the other hand, individuals must commit fully to the system you use and be held rigorously accountable for their objectives. You give them freedom, but freedom within a framework.

Start a 'Stop Doing' list. I'll leave it as an existential dilemma on whether to put that task on your To Do list

You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.