Growth. It’s a topic that touches every team and organization, one that can elicit a full spectrum of emotions ranging from optimism to fear, elation, doubt and a longing for the “good old days.” But as hard as growth is, change is inevitable. It’s something that we, as leaders, strive to embrace, and can successfully help one another navigate.
If you're the leader of a team or in charge of an organization, it often feels like you have to grow. Grow your leadership skill set, grow your team, scale your process, increase output, develop systems and so on. As you grow, you may start noticing cracks in the foundation: core values, culture and external brand perceptions may start to erode. You may even start seeing cracks in your own ability to lead.
Because growth changes us as leaders, sometimes in ways that we don’t anticipate. Sure, fear of failure can stop us in our tracks. But what about fear of success? Or a desire to just keep things as is? Tune in for musings on the roller coaster of growth.
