Listen "CEOs Trash Annual Planning for RevOps That Scale"
Episode Synopsis
Most high growth companies do not miss📉 their annual plan because the market changed. They miss because the plan was never grounded in how revenue works. By Q2, the assumptions break, the reforecasting begins, and the CEO becomes the shock absorber for a system that cannot learn fast enough.In this episode, based on the article How High Growth CEOs Trade Performative Annual Planning for Scalable Revenue Systems 📈, we break down why traditional annual planning fails in volatile markets and what replaces it. This is not about better spreadsheets or more aggressive targets. It is about building a revenue operating system that aligns strategy, capacity, capital, and cadence.We walk through the💡 R3 Planning Framework: Reality, Rhythms, and Reallocation. You will learn how to constrain plans to what your revenue engine can actually deliver, how to create operating rhythms that surface truth without changing the north star, and how to treat capital and capacity as dynamic rather than fixed. For B Corps and impact driven companies, we also address how to integrate mission and ESG commitments directly into planning instead of bolting them on after the fact.If you are a Seed, Series A, or B Corp CEO who is tired of watching ambitious plans quietly unravel, this episode gives you a clear alternative. You will leave with practical frameworks, leadership language for the board, and a repeatable way to plan for growth without relying on heroics.The show goes live🔊 every Wednesday at 1pm PT and 4pm ET on YouTube. Join live and bring your toughest planning questions. Visit GrowExpand.com to take the Revenue Scalability Assessment and see whether your revenue system can support your growth goals.👂🏼Comment with the part of your annual plan that feels the most fragile. I respond live each week.
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