For HR advisors, incubators, and investors, team assessments are a vital tool. They help identify strengths, mitigate risks, and ensure alignment. But most assessments fall into on
Teams don’t operate in a vacuum. Their effectiveness depends on how well their capabilities align with the company's growth phase, context and growth speed.
Every founder, manager, or investor dreams of assembling the perfect team—a team that can take a startup from idea to scale, adapt to every challenge, and remain successful indef
Lars was brilliant. As the founder of a deep-tech startup, he built an innovative product in the first two years, convinced investors, and assembled a team of fifteen people. He se
Every struggling team falls into predictable traps. GrowthGuides has worked with hundreds of startups, scale-ups, and corporate teams, and we see the same mistakes repeated. The go
A key reason teams fail is the gap between self-perception and external feedback. If a leader sees him- or herself as a visionary but their team perceives them as inconsistent, mis
At GrowthGuides, we take a radically different approach to team dynamics. We don’t just look at roles or competencies—we map superpowers. Every individual has an innate prefere
Too often, teams are built around roles instead of superpowers. But in reality: Roles can change – a product owner might shift to sales, a founder might step aside. Superpowers d
Why scaling companies fail—not because of bad ideas, but because leadership doesn’t evolve. Your CEO today might not be the CEO you need tomorrow. Many startups thrive under a
At GrowthGuides, we have analysed over 500 teams in startups, scale-ups, and corporates. The results show that successful teams don’t just differ in what they do—they differ in
We love the idea of superpowers. The creative innovator, the meticulous executor, the people-driven leader. But superpowers don’t exist in isolation.
Success in teams is often misunderstood. Large consultancies and self-help books sell us ideas that sound logical but are disastrous in practice. Let’s look at the five biggest m
Why do organizations keep using bad team models? Because they sound simple.
A vision of sustainable growth and collective power
Uma visão de crescimento sustentável e poder coletivo