Growth Culture And “The Founder’s Mentality”: Chris Zook, Bain

85% of breakdowns in companies are traceable to internal root
causes.


Only 13% of people working in business in North America feel any
connection to their company’s purpose.


These surprising statistics lead us to ask, why do some companies
lose their soul, age prematurely, and stall out while others
sustain profitable growth?


Chris Zook, best-selling author of The Founder’s Mentality: How
to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth, and partner at Bain
& Company, discusses how the most successful companies
maintain the founder’s mentality—an insurgent’s clear mission and
purpose, an unambiguous owner mindset, and a relentless focus on
the front line. Based on 5 years of research, visiting 40
countries, conducting 150 interviews, and creating a database of
over 8000 companies, Chris teaches us how leaders can overcome
the predictable crises in a company’s lifecycle and set it on a
path of sustainable and profitable growth.