I’ve written several times in this blog about cultivating an atmosphere for growth at work. I wrote directly about the Engager Dynamic called “Cultivate,” for example, in this post. Later the topic was “How to Make a Habit of Cultivating. There are also several posts that discuss personal and professional growth without “cultivate” or “growth” in the title. I’ve marked them with the tag “Growth.” This past weekend I put it into practice. A friend and fellow John Maxwell Team member hosted an event called “LIVE2LEAD: a half-day leader development experience” on Saturday. The event was a recorded rebroadcast of a John Maxwell Academy simulcast event from earlier in the year.
My friend, Arabella Whitlock (Arabellashope.com), was hosting the event and since I’m also a John Maxwell Team member I was not planning to bring any of my work team to prevent the appearance of a conflict of interest even though I receive nothing for attending or bringing anyone. However, a few weeks before the event, one of my co-workers called me to her computer screen and asked me if I had ever heard about what she was looking at. She had the LIVE2LEAD event on her screen and said she would like to attend. At that point I changed my mind and made the event available to everyone on our leadership team at work free of charge to them.
Three people from the team were free on the Saturday and signed up. We met for breakfast beforehand which was a great team building time as well. The event itself was wonderful. Each of us had multiple growth take-aways that will make us better in life and at work. One of our people even won the big door prize (it was the one who first said she wanted to go) which was way cool!
I know Arabella is able to present the event until February 28, 2020. Check out her website above for more information. If you can’t do something like that, let me encourage you to cultivate a growth environment and provide growth opportunities for yourself and your co-workers. Our organizations can only rise to the level of our leadership.