A lesser known, but no less illustrative example is that of the famous Brooklyn pizzeria Di Fara Pizza who has had the same owner and chef, Domenico DeMarco[2], since 1964.

Experts have repeatedly honored DeMarco’s pizza with the highest awards. Yet, despite the outstanding taste and a long line of people outside the restaurant, the facility has not expanded since its opening. Of course, this situation greatly depends on the goals of the business founder. In this example the owner simply doesn’t desire to expand his business. His passion lies in the craft and it seems that he simply likes making pizza without any further ambitions. To get to the next stage of business development, one needs to have the ambition to grow and have big goals. Then there is a chance to overcome this crisis. In my book, The Business Owner Defined, I described, in detail, the objectives of a business. However, to become successful, it is not enough to just have goals for the company executives. There has to be tools, such as a company structure, a system to measure results, financial policies, etc.

A business falls into the First Management Crisis after appointing executives without any management tools. These executives expect the owner to utilize the same hands-on control, but in a more difficult condition as the company has grown. Additionally, the owner now tries to manage "manually" at a new level, which is usually unsuccessful, and so the chaos grows. In order to overcome the crisis, the founder of the company must master the tools for managing people, train strong leaders, and learn to manage effectively.

Once the first crisis is handled, the company will continue to grow and that may continue for many years. But interestingly enough, sooner or later the founder of the company will feel the need to switch out managing the daily operations for carrying out strategic management while remaining the goal setter.

To win a large-scale battle, one needs to be on an elevated plane where they can view the whole battlefield and the surrounding area. Therefore, can properly plan one’s own actions and anticipate the actions of the enemy. It is impossible to intelligently manage a large-scale activity being in the thick of things at the forefront. The second management crisis has to do with the inevitable need to take on the functions of a strategist to direct the activities of a well-organized company. The owner must go from operational management to strategic.

Often it is the desire to move away from daily operations (the front of the battle) that encourages owners to implement management tools. However, one needs to realize that simply adding an organizing board and other tools will not facilitate the switch on their own; they will only create the necessary foundation. After you implement the management tools, you need to cultivate competent executives, and only then can you delegate the management of operations. If you go about this with an intelligent plan, you could implement management tools in a small business in six months to a year, and cultivate your executives within a year. This is a big job. You will have to invest as much time and effort as you would in establishing your technological processes. But the game is worth your while – the company will not only become well-managed, it will also gain a significant advantage over its competition.

The Valuable Final Product (abbreviated to VFP) is one of the key management concepts defined by L. Ron Hubbard in his articles. You see this all the time – your employees perform lots of actions, but not all of them are actually directed towards results. Or you see how someone is always preparing to do a job: he arranges his papers, organizes the computer files, he invents clever ways to organize his desk tools, etc. Another employee is running around crazed and completing one thing after the other. He may look busy, but he’s still not producing the results you expected. Why is this happening? Why do we have those who produce results and those who are busy with "doingness"?