Path for Growth with Alex Judd

The strategies that help an organization grow to 300 people will not be effective in getting it to 1,000 people. In this episode, we continue our conversation about the four biggest things leaders of 300+ person teams should focus on: communication rhythms, leadership development, executive reinvention, and a culture of decentralized improvement. We also discuss the traits a leadership team needs in order to pursue reinvention, and the different relationship buckets every leader should try to fill. When any team hits 300 people, the same things tend to happen (0:44) There are four things that leaders of 300+ person teams should focus on (3:27) Leaders of large organizations need to commit to executive reinvention (6:31) If you’re unwilling to look like a fool, you’ll never become a master (10:10)  Teams leading large organizations need four things to pursue reinvention (12:54) 1. Stability: While pursuing reinvention, you need a level of stability elsewhere (13:25) 2. Humility: When you see yourself accurately, you can grow (16:36) 3. Courage: Reinvention requires you to wade into the unknown (18:26) 4. Relationships: There are several relationship buckets leaders should try to fill (20:17) Find people who will challenge you (21:06) Seek out people who can encourage you (22:47) Look for people who model leadership for you (24:12) Spend time with people who inspire you (25:35) Build relationships that develop you (27:07) Find people who will just be with you (28:50) 3 questions you can ask yourself to spur the reinvention process (31:18) Large organizations need a culture of decentralized improvement (35:44) Operationalization is the key (41:31) "4 Responsibilities for Leading 300+ Person Teams" Part 1 Episode “It’s Time to Operationalize Your Business” Episode Path for Growth Membership Path for Growth One-on-One Coaching Sign up for the Worth it Wednesday Email Join Path for Growth on Instagram and Facebook