THE FOUNDER’S DILEMMA – WHEN THE VISIONARY BECOMES THE BOTTLENECK
The Founder’s Dilemma – When the visionary becomes the bottleneck
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 set the vision, wrote the code, and made all key decisions. Then, everything started to stagnate.
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FROM STAGNATION TO GROWTH: THE MOST COMMON TEAM PITFALLS AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM
Why some teams scale and others get stuck
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 good news? Most failures aren’t caused by a lack of talent but by poor team composition and misaligned leadership.
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THE SELF-IMAGE TRAP – HOW PERCEPTION SHAPES TEAM DYNAMICS
What if your self-image doesn’t match reality?
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, misalignment and frustration arise.
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THE POWER OF SUPERPOWERS – UNDERSTANDING TRUE TEAM DYNAMICS
Unleashing Superpowers, Not Just Roles
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 preference for how they contribute to growth. This preference is deeply ingrained and often determines how someone reacts under stress
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