Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company
- Downloads：1716
- Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
- Create Date：2022-02-15 06:51:42
- Update Date：2025-09-06
- Status：finish
- Author：Whitney Johnson
- ISBN：1647821150
- Environment：PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle
- Download
Summary
Creating a culture of learning and growth。
Growth is the goal。 Helping people develop their potential—enabling them to articulate and become the self they want to be， are capable of being， and that best serves them and others in the short and long term—is what we as individuals and leaders strive toward。
But how do we grow？ It turns out it happens in a predictable way， which means we can understand where we are in our growth and chart a way forward。 In this compact， complete guide， Whitney Johnson dives more deeply than ever into the S Curve of Learning so that you can envision how growth happens and direct yourself and others in your organization to create a culture that fosters it。
The growth and learning journey comes in three phases: the Launch Point， the Sweet Spot， and Mastery。 Compelling examples of successful people will show you when and why growth is slow， how to keep going， what to do when growth and learning are almost too fast to keep up with， and how to leap from one growth journey to another。
As individuals grow， so do organizations and societies。 Growth is learning put into action—action that betters the world as we better ourselves and our small niches， both personal and professional， within it。 Growth occurs when learning is internalized—when we try something new and invest the effort to move it from being something we do to something we are。
Growth is the goal。 Helping people develop their potential—enabling them to articulate and become the self they want to be， are capable of being， and that best serves them and others in the short and long term—is what we as individuals and leaders strive toward。
But how do we grow？ It turns out it happens in a predictable way， which means we can understand where we are in our growth and chart a way forward。 In this compact， complete guide， Whitney Johnson dives more deeply than ever into the S Curve of Learning so that you can envision how growth happens and direct yourself and others in your organization to create a culture that fosters it。
The growth and learning journey comes in three phases: the Launch Point， the Sweet Spot， and Mastery。 Compelling examples of successful people will show you when and why growth is slow， how to keep going， what to do when growth and learning are almost too fast to keep up with， and how to leap from one growth journey to another。
As individuals grow， so do organizations and societies。 Growth is learning put into action—action that betters the world as we better ourselves and our small niches， both personal and professional， within it。 Growth occurs when learning is internalized—when we try something new and invest the effort to move it from being something we do to something we are。
Reviews
Bilal
，
I picked up this book because I am looking for greater insight and to learn more about the book’s subtitle: “How to grow your people to grow your company”; and， because the book’s reviews are stellar。 However， I didn’t know anything about the author beforehand。The idea she presents is that one’s growth in any new and unmastered endeavor follows a S-shaped curve where the initial journey is slow as one tries to understand the parameters of the challenge and overcomes self-doubt。 Then， with enough I picked up this book because I am looking for greater insight and to learn more about the book’s subtitle: “How to grow your people to grow your company”; and， because the book’s reviews are stellar。 However， I didn’t know anything about the author beforehand。The idea she presents is that one’s growth in any new and unmastered endeavor follows a S-shaped curve where the initial journey is slow as one tries to understand the parameters of the challenge and overcomes self-doubt。 Then， with enough fortitude one reaches a point of competence where things become clear， and progress accelerates。 Eventually， he or she has mastered the art and the progress slows down again。 And this is also the time for a new challenge！The framework of the S-curve makes intuitive sense to me， and I would think that anyone who has lived through and overcome a few challenges in life will find it similarly intuitive。 Several books have been written to explain growth using one or another mental model。 Johnson’s S-curve approach is helpful in framing one’s own growth and the growth of people in one’s influence， and in analyzing one’s life for how it has evolved from the growth perspective。 But is it also useful in engendering personal growth？ What I mean is that while I find the stages of growth as she describes correctly describing my own， I have not found—at least I am not conscious of it—that reading anything like this has helped me engineer my frame of mind to affect personal growth for the future。The concepts presented in the book seem sufficient for a conference paper or a lecture， but not enough to warrant a book。 I find that this and many other books classified under the “business” section are written under publisher pressure by people who have become well known authors， speakers， teachers， but that inevitably result in the final product being fluffed up with material that states the obvious。 Much of the material here is common sense acquired from having lived and survived some curve balls; and there are just too many words than are warranted to convey the concepts。 。。。more
Dennis
，
I felt like this was a very long collection of cliff notes posted into a blog。 Lots of stories， but not really any application
Brian
，
Always be learning and growing。
Byron Edgington
，
Here we have a fine book written from inside， with a full description along what researcher E。M。 Rogers called the S curve of what it takes to keep learning， keep growing， especially in a business setting。 Ms Johnson follows that S curve as she describes the progress of leaders who characterize its essentials: A young Filipina who by rights should never have succeeded， a fellow whose epiphany came in a fetid sewer， a B school grad who understood early on the value of disrupting himself in order Here we have a fine book written from inside， with a full description along what researcher E。M。 Rogers called the S curve of what it takes to keep learning， keep growing， especially in a business setting。 Ms Johnson follows that S curve as she describes the progress of leaders who characterize its essentials: A young Filipina who by rights should never have succeeded， a fellow whose epiphany came in a fetid sewer， a B school grad who understood early on the value of disrupting himself in order to progress。 If the book has a central theme， it is to me at least the danger of stagnation， and the awesome rewards of knowing where we are on the S curve， and adjusting accordingly。 If I owned a business， I'd want every employee， C suite or otherwise， to study this book。Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company 。。。more
Darya
，