Making a Difference for Startups and Scaleups – Step 2: Scaleups

Let's say you started your business months or years ago and it's been doing well. You want to grow it - you need to grow it - but that may raise a bundle of questions to think about and then address.

For example:

1. Understanding market, market demand and competition
2. Management skills - hard and soft
3. Finding / hiring / retaining the right staff
4. Money and investment
5. Avoiding wrong new product / service
6. Controlling growth

It's interesting how these almost identically match the list in my Startups blog post from a couple of days ago.

Fundamentally, these are questions / areas that need to be looked at frequently. As with startups, techniques, processes and ideas to address these are typically a combination of training, mentoring and coaching. Why all three techniques? Partly because of the types of skill and knowledge that need to be built up and partly because of the way we learn.  In addition, it can really help if people delivering the coaching / mentoring / training have been involved in startups and scaleups; i.e. they have ‘lived experience’ and really get what it’s like.

The difference is that now you have experience and knowledge that you can bring to the process. A Group Coaching Programme can still be beneficial as that brings the experiences of others into play - and that can really generate insights.

Additionally, it's worth revisiting some areas about yourself on a semi-regularr basis. Our experiences and acquired knowledge can shape how we act - and we may not realise that. As with startups, it's a plan to talk with a professional around this.

So, if you are thinking about your next steps, think around the areas I've listed and perhaps the suggestions I've made. And if you’d like to chat just go here: https://calendly.com/alr_coach/30min. 

If you'd like to attend an intro call for our Group Coaching initiative please go here: https://calendly.com/alr_coach/group-coa.