In this episode, Todd interviews Anthony Taylor, CEO of SME Strategy, a strategic planning consultancy that helps leadership teams get aligned, focused, and equipped with the structure needed to grow sustainably. Anthony facilitates strategic planning for companies ranging from $20M to multi-billion-dollar organizations—helping leaders create clarity, identify obstacles, and implement repeatable systems that keep teams on track. Anthony breaks down how businesses evolve through different stages of growth, why alignment within leadership is often assumed but rarely confirmed, and how strategic planning bridges that gap. He explains why so many companies fail when they try to scale too fast, and why sustainable growth requires strong foundations, not just ambition. Anthony also shares insights from his own journey—building a service business that has quadrupled in size over four years, embracing slow and steady growth, and learning through failures. His central thesis: The only reason he’s successful is because he didn’t quit. This episode delivers deep wisdom on leadership maturity, alignment, execution discipline, and the mental resilience required to grow a company—making it a must-listen for founders and executives scaling from chaos to clarity.