Do you have the right leadership in place to take startup to the next level?
There are pivotal moments in a startup's life-cycle when you need to re-access your goals for growth and move to the next stage of your business.

Building the RIGHT leadership team (no matter what your company stage) is similar to building your product road-map.You must evaluate your current team and identify who should be on the bus with you. Letting go of the wrong people is just as important.

In the book "Good to Great", they say key to a successful company is hiring Level 5 Leaders who embody specific traits - like trust, humility, humbleness, die-hard commitment, and a plow horse-like work ethic.

In this strategy series, we'll discuss these traits as well as some of these key issues:

• Planning ahead: knowing when to grow and re-evaluate your leadership team.
• Evaluating your team: do you have "level 5 leaders" and what are those traits?
• Determining who to keep and who to cut loose.How to find and attract level 5 leaders.
• Motivation and Compensation: How can you convince them to work for you?