(Build your Core) ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP FOR GROWTH - Sarita Johan

Sarita  Johan presenting Build your Core  

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Introduction part 3 in series of 3 
In this show I continue my conversation with Russell Wylie from People and Business Insights. This is part 3 of a 3 series where Russell shares the stages of growth and what to focus on at each stage. In today's episode we explore adaptive leadership for growth. Russell Wylie is an experienced business consultant who has achieved incredible results for his clients and has advised across many different industries.  

Segment 1

• Adapt Your Leadership Style to The Needs of Your Company as It Grows

Leadership is the art of getting what you need done by other people, but for their reasons.
 
 Segment 2  

• Adaptive Leadership is about change that enables the capacity to thrive
• Getting “off the dance floor and onto the balcony”

 

Segment 3

•  Prescription without Diagnosis is called “Malpractice”
•  Diagnosing & Learning
•  Embracing Chaos
•  In The Practice Field

Segment 4 

• People actually like change, however they don’t like “being changed”
• Distinguishing technical problems from adaptive challenges
•  Differentiating leadership from authority
•  Engage above and below the neck 
•  Connect to purpose

As discussed in episode 4 below you will find the 27 challenges you will Face in Growing Your Business provided by Russell Wylie from People and Business Insights. 

1. Profits are inadequate to grow the company.
2. Need for an improved business design.
3. Customers are migrating away from your products or services.
4. Continual cash flow challenges.
5. Limited capital available to grow.
6. Employee turnover.
7. Hiring quality staff.
8. Staff morale and voltage challenges.
9. Need for a flexible planning model.
10. Need to have better staff buy-in.
11. Project Management and resource coordination challenges.
12. Leadership/staff communication gap.
13. New staff orientation.
14. Staff training.
15. Unclear values throughout the organisation.
16. Dealing with the cost of lost expertise of knowledge when employees leave.
17. Chaotic periods destabilising company.
18. Organisation needs to understand how the company will grow in the future.
19. The Impact that staff satisfaction has on the company’s profitability.
20. The Company Culture is generally resistant to change.
21. The market place and your customers change too quickly.
22. Difficulty forecasting problem areas before they surface.
23. Difficulty diagnosing the real problems or obstacles to growth.
24. Too slow getting product/services to market.
25. Not able to quickly get systems and procedures in place as company grows.
26. Weak product/service development and differentiation in market. 
27. Challenge expanding sales.

Whichever stage of growth you are in, right now, there will be five of these that will be grabbing most of your attention, time, and possibly resources. Knowing them, and knowing how to respond effectively and efficiently can save you and your business thousands of dollars, hundreds of hours, and remove frustration and uncertainty!

About the show host 
“Sarita Johan has one mission and that is to bring out the best in people in business. With more than 30 years of Business experience. After spending her career climbing the corporate ladder, running her own businesses and juggling family and relationships – she doesn’t just talk the talk she’s walked the walk.SJ Coaching was born out of the desire to be more. A snapped femur, financial hardship, and a broken marriage led Sarita to completely redesign her life. 

Sarita walked away from her high-profile career, invested in self-development and became a NLP Master Practitioner and ADVanced Innermetrix consultant which has allowed her to deeply understand how people think and make decisions. Her unique blend of business and mindset coaching empowers her clients to identify their business blind spots and success blocks so they can prosper in both business and life”.

If you’d like to understand more about how you can improve your people's performance in your Dynamic Partnerships or teams then click on the link here. To schedule in time for a 20 minute power chat or simply e-mail buildyourcore@sjcoaching.com.au

Sarita specialises in coaching for People in Business with:

• Dynamic duos in Business and Life
• Partnerships
• SME's with teams
• Executives

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Written by Sarita Johan

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