Talent for Growth

Some people just seem to be wired differently and when you put them together with other like-minded people great things seem to happen. There is definitely a certain mindset that exists for successful individuals and teams that work on growth initiatives. We have all known people who were better at the front end, those that have certain skills for putting the business case together and those that are king at execution. Have you ever wondered where you fall? Take the Talent4Growth survey and find out.

Research on employee characteristics suggests that:

1. Employees that work on growth initiatives think and behave differently than others;


2. Teams will fail if they don’t have the right mix of people that are like-minded; and


3. The culture of the company has to support growth.

All three have to be present to be successful. It may be all right to pick Jim from accounting to lead the growth project because Jim has been good with this or that. Only if Jim is wired for growth, has the right team around him and has the support from the company to execute will he be successful.