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Michael Hyatt & Co. recently landed on the Inc 5000 list<\/a> of the fastest growing private companies in America for the second year in a row. That\u2019s a huge honor, and it represents how fast our team of high-achievers moves from one project to the next.<\/p>\n

Managing a team of high-achievers in a high-growth company takes a balanced approach to leadership. You need high-level strategy, but you also need an effective system for keeping up with details while your team works \u201cin the weeds.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the company has grown, so has our team\u2014we now have more than 30 full-time employees<\/a> across a half-dozen departments.<\/p>\n

This year, we hit a breaking point where we realized that \u201cWhat got us here won\u2019t get us there\u201d and we restructured our entire collaboration and project management approach, company-wide.<\/p>\n

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Why we chose Asana<\/h3>\n

Before making any radical changes, we formed a project management taskforce, including one or two members from each team, and made a list of the features we needed in a project management tool. We needed a way to plan long-term projects, manage short-term sprints, and collaborate across departments\u2015all in one tool.<\/p>\n\t\t