Episode 147

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13th Jul 2023

Navigating the Messy Middle: Growth Strategies for Mid-size Companies (Ep 147)

Are you navigating the often messy middle of growth in your mid-sized company?

Are you searching for ways to get your teams to adopt new tech stacks, tackle old problems in new ways, and break down silos? Then this episode is just for you!

Today, our host Denise Cooper sits down with Stefanie Krievins, the brains behind Stefanie Krievins & Co. Stefanie's company specializes in helping businesses that are innovating, scaling, and digitally transforming, but find themselves grappling with the complexities and challenges of mid-stage growth. With a diverse team of experienced coaches from a wide array of industries and roles, Stefanie Krievins & Co. offers an insightful intersection of self-leadership, team leadership, individual change readiness, and organizational change.

In this engaging conversation, Denise and Stefanie explore the changing landscape of work-life balance, the evolution of business models, and the urgent need for a redefinition of leadership in our modern world. They dive deep into the nuances of remote work, the necessity for adaptive change, and the reimagining of organizational models that are more aligned with our current realities. Stefanie also shares some invaluable tools and techniques her team uses to facilitate growth and change in organizations.

If you've been wanting to get a fresh perspective on how to tackle growth challenges and successfully guide your mid-sized company into its next stage of development, this is the episode for you.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW

  1. People often expect instant gratification when bringing in a consultant to help their business. What is your take on this? [07:28]
  2. Why aren't we talking about leadership innovation the way we do technological innovation? [14:23]
  3. What do you mean when you say that an organizational chart is not enough to drive the results we need to see to thrive in business today? [25:05]

KEEP UP WITH STEFANIE KRIEVINS

https://stefaniekrievins.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefkrievins/

EPISODE RESOURCES

STEFANIE KRIEVINS & CO

Stefanie Krievins & Co. works with companies who are growing, innovating, scaling, and digitally transforming; but are stuck in the messy middle of growth. They need solutions to get their people and teams to tackle old problems in new ways, adopt new tech stacks, and break down silos.

The company has a team of diverse, experienced coaches from a wide variety of industries and roles: IT, supply chain management, nonprofits, consulting, startups, and the executive boardroom.

Their development programs focus on the intersection of 4 disciplines: self leadership, team leadership, individual change readiness, and organizational change. Among other powerful programs, they are certified in Enneagram; multiple other tools; and a certified Wiley partner, offering both DISC and Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team.

STEFANIE KRIEVINS

Stefanie Krievins is a trained coach and facilitator with experience in HR consulting, executive and business coaching, nonprofit management, and process and systems design. She is the host of the Hot Mess Hotline, a podcast for ambitious leaders who want to be in the C-suite.

Stefanie has collaborated with organizations from 5 to 1,500 employees in all sectors to create and implement business plans, strategic plans and execution, training and development, and CRM design, training, and deployment. 

Her coach training is in solution-focused methodology from Erickson International and she’s a member of the International Coach Federation. She also holds a Master’s degree and has worked in small business and regional and national nonprofits before starting her business in 2014.

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