Growing your company also means stepping back.

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The safest route is to become invested in the mission of growing the company and keeping your bit of the big game safe.

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Once a startup is off the ground, I heard from several founders that the ability to think on your feet became one of the most important skills when growing their company.

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In the beginning, you may do much of the day-to-day work of your organization, but to grow, you must delegate those jobs so you have time to run the business, as Margery Kraus, CEO of APCO Worldwide, a global consulting firm, and Hester Taylor Clark, founder of The Hester Group, a project management company, explain in Growing Means Learning to Work On Your Business Not In It.

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This will help you identify and take action on growing the skills needed to achieve your true long-term career goals, whether or not they involve your current company.

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