Alaina Macia Featured on the Encouraging Leaders Podcast: Insights on Growth, Leadership, and Risk-Taking
MTM’s President and CEO Alaina Macia recently joined Marc Braun on the Encouraging Leaders podcast for an insightful episode titled The Innovator’s Dilemma: Navigating the Next Step in Growth. In the episode, Alaina shares her experience leading MTM through exponential growth—from annual revenues of $30 million to $1.75 billion—and the complexities that come with scaling a fast-growing company.
Alaina and Marc explore the challenges of leadership and growth, offering valuable lessons for business leaders facing similar hurdles. Here are some of the key takeaways from their conversation:
- Taking Risks for Growth: Alaina highlights the importance of risk-taking and how avoiding risk can lead to stagnation. She emphasizes that embracing uncertainty is essential for continued business expansion.
- Empowering Your Team: Leadership isn’t just about control—it’s about fostering ownership and accountability within your team. Alaina shares how empowering her team has been crucial to MTM’s success, allowing the company to grow without micromanagement.
- Succession Planning: Developing talent from within is a cornerstone of long-term success. Alaina talks about MTM’s focus on succession planning and how identifying and nurturing internal talent ensures sustainability.
- Building Advisory Networks: Alaina credits much of her leadership growth to building a strong advisory network early on. Having trusted advisors accelerates problem-solving and helps leaders make better, more informed decisions.
- Getting Comfortable with Risk: Alaina encourages leaders to step outside their comfort zones. Pushing boundaries and taking chances are necessary components of innovation and progress.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear more of Alaina’s insights! Listen to the full episode of The Innovator’s Dilemma: Navigating the Next Step in Growth on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
