Beyond the Storm: 5 Questions to Navigate Disruption and Fuel Growth
Disruption can be a daunting force, but it also presents unprecedented opportunities for growth.
To harness the potential of change, it's essential to engage your team in a strategic conversation.
Here are five questions to help you and your team transform disruption into a competitive advantage:
1. What are the most significant disruptive forces impacting our industry?
This question helps identify key trends and challenges that could reshape the market.
2. How do these disruptions align with our core competencies and values?
This question helps determine where your organization has a competitive advantage and where it needs to adapt.
3. What new products, services, or business models could we create to capitalize on these disruptions?
This question encourages innovative thinking and the development of new growth strategies.
4. What skills and capabilities do we need to develop to thrive in this new environment?
This question focuses on building the necessary competencies to compete in a disrupted market.
5. How can we create a culture of agility and innovation?
This question emphasizes the importance of fostering a workplace where experimentation and risk-taking are encouraged.
By asking these questions, you can unlock your team's collective intelligence and create a roadmap for navigating disruption.
Remember, the key to success lies in proactively shaping the future rather than passively reacting to it.
Leadership Practice
Over the next month, plan out time with your team to explore these important question above. You may want to tackle one per weekly team meeting or spend a half day workshop diving into the questions. Either way, make sure you take time to explore the power of these questions to help you better navigate disruption and change.
About Athena
Athena Williams, Founder and CEO of Tenacious Leadership Institute, has been supporting leaders worldwide to become more tenacious for over 20 years. She has found that tenacity is the key to sustained leadership success in today’s ever-changing world. Through her coaching and leadership development programs, she helps leaders expertly handle change, complexity and other challenges so they can quickly get better results for themselves, their teams and their organizations. Take the first step to becoming a tenacious leader by scheduling a call with us.
