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The next step is making a 5-10-year business plan or vision for the new business. Before business leaders put together their first grand 10-year plan, they have a clear vision of what type of employees to hire; their business’s ideal ethics and values; and the unique selling point that will attract millions of customers from across the country; and if their dream is big enough, customers from around the globe. The analogy is clear, if a company does not have the right people or systems in place to support business rapid growth, the organization will quickly fall apart. * Establishing your core values: There is no question that honesty and integrity should be an integral part of any business; however, companies need their own set of values that make them easily identifiable from similar businesses.

Generation X-ers’ born between 1965 and 1980 are more cautious and conservative than Baby Boomers who typically have much bolder personality types. Chief Human Officer, Marcel Schwantes, says that the motivation for receiving health benefits is enough to make Baby Boomers delay their retirement. Baby Boomers are also returning to work because the price of health insurance is rising, and Baby Boomers want to avoid using their retirement savings to pay for healthcare. Current research shows that 70% of Generation X prioritize autonomy [within their organization], “80% report that is because they value having control over their work.” Millennials feel strongly about humanitarian causes and are passionate about having an impact “in and outside of their workplace”.

A report by the PYA healthcare consulting firm, shows that fewer graduates are pursuing cardiology as a specialty, with the graduates who choose cardiology preferring to practice in urban hospitals and health systems. And the burnout group (“who had at least one symptom of burnout, a constant feeling of burnout, or complete feelings of burnout”) They found that with in the no-burnout group, “23.7% said they enjoyed their work, yet 49.5% still said they were under stress” with diminishing energy levels. However, within the burnout group, 19.2% faced at least one symptom, 6.4% experienced recurring symptoms which “led to being frequently frustrated at work”, and 1.2% said they were feeling burnout – to such an extent that they admitted to possibly seeking outside help.

Before business leaders put together their first grand 10-year plan, they have a clear vision of what type of employees to hire; their business’s ideal ethics and values; and the unique selling point that will attract millions of customers from across the country; and if their dream is big enough, customers from around the globe. The analogy is clear, if a company does not have the right people or systems in place to support business rapid growth, the organization will quickly fall apart. Fran Biderman-Gross makes the following recommendations on how companies can live by and develop a value system: Establishing your core values: There is no question that honesty and integrity should be an integral part of any business; however, companies need their own set of values that make them easily identifiable from similar businesses. Scaling does not just mean bigger, it should mean better David Nast writing for Raconteur argues scaling does not just mean bigger, but better.