How to grow with intention in 2023 and beyond
In This Episode:
This week, Within People partners Nikki de Vet and Kendall Clifton-Short join host Anique Coffee for a global conversation.
Together, they reflect on what has worked well for leaders in 2022, and consider how leaders can bring intention into their growth for 2023 and beyond. Listen now for four simple steps you can take to set your intention for growth in the year ahead.
Listen here:
Listen into some key moments:
Key Learnings:
Why is it important to look back and learn? Reflection is the key to inform or shape how you might choose to stop doing some things or, or start doing them differently.
Carve out the time: Make setting intention for your growth an intentional act in itself. Plan for and set aside time to step into this reflective space.
Prepare some powerful questions to reflect on. For instance:
‘What are you most proud of in the last year?’
‘What has been blocking/stopping you from achieving the goals or the vision that you set out for the year?’
Invitation for Leaders:
Give our recent blog about how to plan for uncertainty in 2023 and beyond, and follow along for these four steps:
STEP 1: REFLECTION: LOOK BACK AND LEARN
Before you think ahead, think back on the year gone by. Consider the highs, the lows and learnings (or as Lien calls them, the Woo-hoos, Boo-hoos and Ahas).
STEP 2: INTENTION: KNOW WHAT’S DRIVING YOU TO GROW
Intention comes from taking a moment before you think about what you want to grow, to ask why you want to grow. It’s a good opportunity to think outside the usual ‘metrics’ of growth - like revenue, headcount, customer reach - and consider what will make any of those things meaningful to you.
STEP 3: VISION: DEFINE OUTCOMES
With that intention in mind, cast yourself forward to the end of 2023. Build out a picture of what’s changed. Don’t worry about how the change happened, just describe the outcomes that feel most important for you.
STEP 4: CONTEXT: MANAGE THE ENERGY
Managing the energy of growth is essential. Ask yourself, how do you want growth to feel, and what’s the energy you and your people need to bring to make it happen? Leaning into story and metaphor is really helpful here. Get people to describe a feeling, or find an image that represents what they want growth to feel like. Talking about that will give you a much richer context.