S1E8: When Growth Breaks Everything You Built Rob Hughes, MBA, IMC CEO of Hughes Integrated
As Robert Hughes scaled his company through explosive growth, the success didn’t bring stability; it exposed cracks in leadership, systems, and control that had been building beneath the surface. Revenue surged, but volatility followed: overhiring, financial strain, toxic culture, and the gut-wrenching discovery that someone on his team was stealing from him while everything else was already unraveling. You’ll hear how he faced the moment he broke his own business, rebuilt from the ground up, and redefined what resilient leadership actually requires.