"It is through shared doubt in conversation that growth and potential find their voice..."
19-09-2023
From Scale-Up to Unstoppable:
The Secret of Connection and Growth
Do you have the courage to take on the challenge with your team to discover your biggest growth opportunity? Be warned, it's not an easy task. However, I promise you that the powerful flow between creation and execution increases when you overcome this obstacle together. From that moment on, your team is unstoppable.
Continue reading in my blog to discover how to tackle this challenge!
Bringing people together with a shared passion leads to extraordinary creations!
For me, the success of scale-ups is primarily characterized by a high degree of energy, focus, determination, discipline, and courage. Much attention is given to achieving goals, measuring, and adjusting. That is important and essential.
The unspoken undercurrent in your team
What, in my opinion, often remains underemphasized and thus offers a significant opportunity for growth, is the unspoken undercurrent of mutual connection. What is meant by this? With my coaching experience and numerous team sessions, I claim that in every team, there are subjects that remain unspoken. "It's difficult." "Not the right timing." "So many things are going well." "We simply haven't had time for it." There are many more excuses to avoid facing our greatest growth opportunity for connection. YOUR true reason for postponing it time and again is your fear of the consequences. Take it from me, this fear is only your own truth, not a reality for others. That's why it's important to look at the unspoken undercurrent from different perspectives.
How would it be if, in addition to meticulously examining strategic, operational, commercial, technical, and financial aspects, you also address the human side? Because, to be honest, when I ask founders why they are successful, the answer is always the same: "It's the right people who make the difference." Do you need more reasons to be convinced?
Action plan
Do you dare to take on the challenge despite the fear of the unknown in the undercurrent of your enterprise to find the greatest growth opportunity? The only way to achieve this is to increase awareness of behavior and beliefs in your team. Here's how to do it:
- Openly discuss what you intend to do: break the biggest taboos in the team.
- Acknowledge that everyone has a different perspective. When a comment personally affects you, there are growth opportunities for yourself.
- First, focus on your shared passion: your vision and mission. What are you aiming for as a team?
- Then discuss what it's worth to you to get there. Keep this top of mind during the conversation.
- Ask the following questions, which are answered together: What is it that we dance around, that we never talk about, but should talk about? What, in your opinion, is the biggest taboo in our team? Pay attention, there are no right or wrong answers! If you want to grow together, you need an objective analysis of all perspectives.
- Keep asking questions untill you completely understand what is meant without judgment. Give everyone space to share without interruptions. Only after everyone has told their story, bring forward your passion (vision) and discuss how the taboo is blocking you from getting there.
- Respect feedback from everyone, as everyone has their own truth.
- Finally, create an action plan together.
Have you taken on this challenge? Let me know about your experience.
If you need help and want to take this approach to a higher level, I'm happy to support you. Together, we will not only discover the greatest growth opportunity for connection but also growth opportunities for each individual team member.
Master your business and career...
...just by becoming more conscious of who you are