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SUMMER '18
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SCALING UP MASTER'S PROGRAM
LAUNCH IN LONDON A GREAT SUCCESS
By: Neale Lewis, Gazelles Certified Coach & CEO of Neale Lewis Associates
AT THE height of a beautiful spring week
in early May, Verne Harnish from Gazelles
and Neale Lewis Associates launched the
first-ever Scaling Up Master's Program
(formerly SUEP) in London. Over two-
and-a-half days, top executives from five
successful high-growth organizations from
across Europe gathered at the Institute of
International Strategic Studies to learn
what most executive learning programs
never teach: how to scale up midsize
companies to prepare for rapid growth.
The program’s approach for these so-
called “gazelle” companies is based on
the “4 Decisions” a leader must address to
successfully grow their business: People,
Strategy, Execution, and Cash. This
framework is drawn from Verne Harnish’s
best-selling book Scaling Up: How a Few
Companies Make It and Why the Rest
Don’t. Here are some of the issues the
group focused on during the program:
1. Clarifying each company’s
particul