Do Your Team’s Aspirations Match Your Growth Aspirations?

For the rest of my life, I will vivid­ly remem­ber a ses­sion with Jim Collins when he said you can’t build a great com­pa­ny with good people.

That state­ment real­ly res­onat­ed with me.

When entre­pre­neurs give up and com­pa­nies don’t meet their poten­tial, it’s often because their peo­ple don’t meet their aspirations.

Time and time again, we see CEOs of grow­ing orga­ni­za­tions — try­ing to build a great, high-per­form­ing orga­ni­za­tion and dri­ve towards their vision of the impact they want to make in the world – who seem to drag their team behind them.

A rare breed

Lead­ers who con­tin­ue to dri­ve and build great, endur­ing great com­pa­nies, over decades, are rare. They have the sta­mi­na, com­mit­ment and desire for growth and con­tin­u­al­ly try to do the best thing for their organization.

As rare, are teams that match that aspiration.

Look at sports teams: if they want to improve their per­for­mance and win the cham­pi­onship, they either need new train­ing or tal­ent. Some­times, the issue is with the coach or man­ag­er. Often, some­one needs to step aside for some­one who can do a more effec­tive job.

The same goes for busi­ness. Peo­ple con­tin­u­al­ly need growth and devel­op­ment to meet high­er aspi­ra­tions. And, some­times, new and stronger play­ers. And that includes the CEO.

The Chal­lenge

• Does your team match your aspirations?
• If you had a mag­ic wand and could make some changes what would you do?

Check out last week’s blog about the ben­e­fits of con­tin­u­al learn­ing for leaders.

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