The authors -- A framework for developing successful organizations -- How to build successful companies: the pyramid of organizational development -- Identifying and surviving the first four stages of organizational growth -- Recognizing growing pains and assessing the need for change -- Management strategies for each stage of organizational growth -- The new venture and expansion stages -- The professionalizing stage: transitioning from entrepreneurship to professional management -- The consolidation stage: managing the corporate culture -- Mastering the tools of professional management -- Strategic planning -- Organizational structure -- Management development -- Organizational control systems -- Effective leadership -- Corporate culture management -- Advanced aspects of organizational transitions in a growing and changing company -- Advanced strategic planning -- Managing to advanced stages of growth: a preview of future challenges -- Making the transition to a public company -- The personal aspects of organizational transitions in a growing and changing company -- The special case of managing family business transitions -- The transition CEOs must make to survive beyond the entrepreneurial stage -- List of tables, figures, and exhibits.