Adizes Corporate Lifecycle: Prime Organizations
(Adizes, 1990) describes Prime Organizations as those that are:

• Results oriented

• Following systems and procedures

• Focused on future plans and execution

• Reporting growth and profitability

• Delivering predictable performance

The Path to Prime
To become a Prime Organization requires transitioning from adolescence—shifting from pure entrepreneurism to professional management.

Before adolescence comes infancy: being a “go-go” organization with many opportunities but no priorities.

All organizations strive to reach Prime and stay there. How would you assess your organization? Does it have what it takes to become and remain Prime?

Prime Organizations Require

• Entrepreneurs – looking to the future

• Producers – getting things done now

• Administrators – focusing on measurement, command, and control

• Integrators – helping people work together

My Perspective
I’ve mapped my own experience back to the Adizes Corporate Lifecycle and realized my career has spanned the Adolescent, Prime, Stable, and Aristocratic phases of organizations.

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