Equip your organization to come back stronger than ever!

Scaling Up Coach Robert Clinkenbeard and Verne Harnish are partnering to help you transform your organization to overcome uncertainty.
Panic is contagious; but so is leadership. It’s time to adapt your strategy and ensure stronger team alignment and consistent execution.

Schedule a call with Robert to personalize this Scaling Up course to your company's specific priorities!

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About Robert Clinkenbeard

Robert was born in Nebraska but was raised, from a very early age, in Edinburgh, Scotland. There he obtained a Degree in Horticulture and Recreation Management before gaining tremendous work experience in the private and public sectors. In 1999, he moved to Arizona with the hope of finding a better lifestyle, new opportunities and to widen his traveling options.

In 2001, Robert and his business partner established Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) and grew the company to multiple States, a revenue of over $20MM and over 350 employees. In 2016 ILM was sold to the global tree and vegetation company and they were enthusiastic about continuing to hire him for his operations experience and growth mindset. Robert left the parent company in early 2018 to set up his own coaching/advisory company and decided to set up the HQ in Greenville, South Carolina.

Robert has given back throughout the last ten years through being on the Board of several organizations such the Arizona Landscape Contractors Association and is currently the Past President. He is currently an Area Director for the Eastern Region - Entrepreneur’s Organization which has 14,000 members Globally. While travelling extensively throughout many countries, he has found time to write two books including “Ionman Mindset for Entrepreneur’s”. He played competitive rugby and soccer for 20 years and has completed 4 Ironman’s to maximize personal performance and goals.

Robert has been married for ten years, to Faith, and is kept busy with five children ranging from 19 years old to 6 year old twins. He is now enjoying raising his family in South Carolina surrounded by other family members and having easy access to travel back to Scotland. 

Why Private Implementation is the best way to execute the Scaling Up


After the huge success of Scaling Up Master Business Course 2.0. we at Growth Institute decided to go even further and build a specialized program to further support your implementation of the methodology AND get your team involved.

How many times have you stopped half-way or not even made it to the implementation process because of lack of accountability, support, guidance, and direction? 

Not anymore!  The program was created by Growth Institute and Verne Harnish, the world's #1 scaling up expert and the author of the bestseller Scaling Up.

Verne’s Scaling Up Methodology has already helped over 70,000 businesses around the world  scale up with success.  And in this program, Robert will guide you and your team in a personalized program to build your One-Page Strategic Plan. 

4 Key Areas Of The Scaling Up Methodology

People

You’ll boost your employees and shareholders productivity, engagement and ownership.

 

 

Strategy

You’ll set up your strategy for revenue growth and a leading place in the industry.

 

 

Execution

You’ll optimize all processes so that they run without drama and drive profitability.

Cash

You’ll secure sufficient cash reserves and improve your cash flow with growth.

This online implementation program consists of two parts:

1. Your own online Scaling Up portal filled with video resources and a full toolkit.

2. Private coaching and mentorship from Robert to support your implementation and keep you accountable

 

You will get:

 

  • Exclusive access to over 9 hours of Scaling Up training videos with Verne Harnish for up to 8 members of your team: 

    Bring up to 8 team members to get private mentorship as you implement a industry leading strategy, bring stronger alignment, and build cash conversion cycles that give you the ability to scale

  • A full downloadable Scaling Up Toolkit to implement what you learn in real-time.

    With Robert you'll be working on your One-Page Strategic Plan, Vision Summary and other growth tools. This program is not about learning stuff. It is about making actionable changes to your organization so you can Scale Up.

  • Lifetime access to all Scaling Up training videos and resources so you and your team can learn at any time.

    This online program works at your team’s pace and schedule and gives you lifetime access to all the training videos and resources - so you can revisit them at any time. Think of it as your own online Scaling Up resource portal.

  • 8 private coaching sessions to discuss your progress and challenges.

    As you progress, you’ll meet for 8 private online coaching sessions to build your growth tools including the One-Page Strategic Plan, Rockefeller Habits Checklist, Function Accountability Charts and more. Robert will work with you to discuss your milestones and challenges and keep you accountable for implementation.

  • An official Master Practitioner Certificate.

    You’ll end this program with a Master Practitioner Certificate, a complete set of Scaling Up tools optimized to really scale your business, and a top-notch team effectively implementing your highest-priority competencies. 

  • Access to the Scaling Up Club for up to 8 people ($2,490 value).

    To keep your team learning and growing, we’ve also thrown in access to Scaling Up Club for up to 8 people on your team (a $2490 value) for the entire year. 

 

Want to personalize this Scaling Up program for your company's specific needs and pains? Book a call with Robert to get started!

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What You'll Accomplish During 3 Months Of The Program 

Together with your team, you'll reach these Scaling Up milestones:

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Clarify your brand promise, core values & purpose

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Establish your short-term goals & BHAG (a 10-25 year goal)

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Set up the 13-week, annual & 3-year strategies

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Set up communication systems

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Optimize your company’s cash strategy

Companies Already Implementing the Scaling Up Methodology


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About Program Creator

Verne Harnish is the Founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), with over 14,000 members worldwide, and chaired for fifteen years EO’s premiere CEO program, the “Birthing of Giants” held at MIT, a program in which he still teaches today.

Founder and CEO of Scaling Up, a global executive education and coaching company with over 180 partners on six continents, Verne has spent the past three decades helping companies scaleup.

He’s the author of the bestseller Mastering the Rockefeller Habits which is translated into 9 languages; and along with the editors of Fortune, authored “The Greatest Business Decisions of All Times” for which Jim Collins wrote the foreword. His latest book Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) has won eight major international book awards including the prestigious International Book Award for Best General Business book.

Verne also chairs the annual ScaleUp Summits in collaboration with Bloomberg and serves on several boards including chair of The Riordan Clinic; co-founder and chair of Geoversity; and board member of the Million Dollar Women’s movement. A private investor in many scaleups, Verne enjoys piano, tennis, and magic as a card- carrying member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

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Who It Is For?

It’s for founders and leadership of startups who:
  • Want to build an organized and well-structured organization from scratch
  • Want to attract the next round of investments by adjusting the company
  • Are motivated to learn and implement methods to scale their business and synchronize their organizations 
  • Need a flexible curriculum that can be integrated into the rhythm of their busy schedules
  • Are driven to turn learning into real-time collaboration and real-world application

Here's why it works so well

Our unique approach leaves nothing to chance. We will help you breakthrough your "plateaus" so you can grow and scale, with less stress and less drama.

Our Hybrid Method of Learning is a 4-step integrated process that allows you to turn practice into results in real-time:

Direct Learning from the Verne Harnish 

Get cutting edge strategies from the thought leaders  –  not just a professional who teaches business theory. You get the learning directly from Verne and avoid misinformation or a watered-down version.

 

 

The System Toolkit

You will receive tools to speed along your implementation quickly and easily. These tools are your roadmap to give you direction and get on track, as well as to help your team stay on track  –  easily  – almost like a step-by-step blueprint. These tools will help drive action for the duration of our time working together.

Private Online Coaching Sessions

With your dedicated coach, you make a plan for exactly how to implement. We don't leave you to plan on your own. You show up weekly for the private coaching sessions to get your specific questions answered and focus on the next steps for implementation. We'll show you what works so you don't fall back into bad habits.

Bring Your Team Along

Scaling Up is not a single person's role. It takes the whole team to buy-in, align, and take action. Your team acts as a support system during the implementation process. The more you can collaborate with them, the more accelerated your learning and action. 

What Users & Experts Are Saying Of Scaling Up Methodology

Dave Rogenmoser
Co-founder and CEO of Proof

Without Scaling Up, we never would have been able to design Proof from day one in such an impactful way. We never would've been able to take that vision from those three days and begin to implement it practically. And we never would have gotten to that 50K MRR goal. And that goal was probably what got us into Y Combinator, which I think just took us to a much different direction.

Sam Pessin
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Remote Year

The way that the Scaling Up process has been framed and the way that we've also taken it internally to Remote Year and sort of made it our own, has really enabled us to help the whole organization through and through. It’s helped us to just be more aware of what's going on and engaged in that decision-making process.

Scott Farquhar
Co-Founder & CEO, Atlassian

Scaling up a significant business requires precisely the kind of discipline and focus detailed in Verne’s practical and ‘how-to’ driven book.

Sanjeev Mohanty
CEO, Benetton India

Verne’s tools and techniques have been key to scaling up Benetton to become the #1 international fashion brand in India. They work!

John Warrillow
Founder of The Sellability Score

“Scaling Up is a blueprint for building a growth company. Verne has pulled back the curtain on how the fastest-growing companies in the world fuel their growth. Scaling Up gives you an insider’s view into the most successful companies on earth.”

Patrick Lencioni
President of The Table Group

“Verne Harnish is more committed to helping companies grow than any other person on the planet. Really. He’s also radically practical in his approach and that is reflected throughout this terrific book.”

John Ratliff
CEO and founder of Appletree Answers

"What's really amazing about the Scaling Up Methodology... it's kind of industry agnostic. We started to implement Scaling Up in 2006 and we really found our stride in 2008. But if you take 2006 to when we sold the company in 2012, we actually grew the company by 30x. So 3,000% growth in six years and that's a lot of growth. There's no way we can grow like that without using the Scaling Up Methodology as the system to get everyone aligned around how to run the business."

Vikram Bhat
Managing Director at Kiara Jewellery Private Limited

"Scaling Up Master Business Course 2.0 is practical. A lot of the concepts can be immediately applied. They are simple but not easy because when you hear them, you feel, "Oh, that's a great one. I can go and apply it right away tomorrow". Basically, this course made me think about whether we should get out into new markets, what should be the strategy, what kind of new products we should get into. So this course was definitely an inspiration for me to think in new ways."

John Miles
Managing Director at Sherpa Kids Ireland

“There's no “making time, time is an infinite thing. You have to choose to dedicate the time. I did that and after 3 months of implementation I actually have more time in my daily schedule than I ever have before. Scaling Up has made me a more efficient, and effective leader, freeing me up to continue to build the business.”

Liz Wiseman
Bestselling author of Multipliers and Rookie Smarts

“Scaling Up is packed with the tools to help you bust through the barriers to growth and climb learning curves faster.”

Glenice Riley
Global Chief Operating Officer of FAB Group

"Implementation of Scaling Up Methodology is a massive process and we worked through it together. It gave us great alignment across the organization as a whole. It actually empowers people throughout the organization to make judgment calls about things that come up every day."

 

T.J. Daly
President Acorn Sign Graphics

“From a leadership team perspective, our big move now is everybody in the company does the huddles. Adopting Scaling Up methodology has really brought people together and obviously improved communication and everybody has their own metrics.”

Businesses leaders just like you share their Scaling Up experience

Sam Pessin 

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Remote Year

John Ratliff

CEO and founder
of Appletree Answers

Glenice Riley

Global Chief Operating Officer
of FAB Group

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the enrollment process work?

First, we get to know you and your team. Where you are today and your goals for the upcoming year. We then ask you to fill out a Scaling Up Assessment that can help us determine where you should focus first. Then, together, we will design a program based on the needs of your organization. We’ll review your assessment and find a coaching partner that will be a good compliment for your team. Once we find a common goal and fit we can kick start the implementation program!

Can we apply as a team? Is there a limit of seats per business?

This course is for the leadership team. We encourage you to bring up to 8 members of your team to this program. We’ve seen the most spectacular results when the entire Leadership Team signed up, so if you want to add more members of the organization, we are in full support. Just let us know!

There is an additional charge of $500 per seat above 8 attendees.

Can I implement the scaling up processes by myself?

Together with your leadership team you can read Verne’s book “Scaling Up”. You can then discuss which frameworks and strategies would be the most important at the moment and start implementing them.
 
The truth is though — this approach takes longer and is extremely challenging. You’ll be missing professional feedback, peer motivation, accountability and external perspective (we all know how it is hard sometimes to think “outside of the box”). Within the Master Course you’ll be getting not only highly-qualified guidance and support, but also extremely dynamic and valuable network of entrepreneurs from all over the world.

What can I do if I miss the live sessions with the coach or author of the class?

All our live sessions with authors and coaches are recorded and available on your learning platform. You will find them following the same steps mentioned in the reminder you receive a few days before the live classes.
 
I’ll be traveling/ busy during a lot of the live sessions and I’m worried that I’ll fall behind.
 
If you’re travelling, you can always dial in from wherever you are, we don’t mind. You don’t have to be suited up in the office to participate in the live sessions. If you know that, 100% sure, you’re going to miss the class, you can still submit your question/ challenge/ feedback and we’ll discuss it during the workshop or mastermind. As mentioned above, you’ll get the recordings of all the live sessions.

What if I don’t like this course? What is your refund policy?

We offer an iron clad triple risk-free guarantee. If you aren’t blown away by the level of service, informational content, clarity, and support throughout the entire course... we will refund 100% up to 30 days after purchase, or until the 3rd Live Session if no session has happened within the first 30 days of your enrollment.

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