Every company, every government, every non-profit, and every individual wants to be successful, but an organization's pursuit of true success, the Prime, requires a vital balance of flexibility and control for any stage of development. When a business is in Prime, this balance is evident in effective and efficient management, equipped to handle normal and unexpected problems born of continuous change. The organization is in the best of health. Strategies and organizational structure should change as the organization moves from one stage of its life cycle to the next. This book is your roadmap to show you the way and guide your organization on what it ought to be doing. You'll learn how to diagnose where your organization is in its lifecycle in order to make the custom-made decisions that are appropriate for that moment and avoid the typical mistake of the one solution to all cases syndrome. In Prime, your business will come out on top - and stay on top. In Prime, with the balance of flexibility and control, your organization can gain a market-leading position and retain its competitive advantage.