The Growth Rings are a conceptual way to think about the role comfort, challenge, and stretching to our potential plays in our everyday lives. Whether you are a business leader, manager, team member, colleague, teacher, student, coach, spouse, or parent, it is essential to understand where you, as well as your peers and team members, are currently located within the four Growth Rings environments. These environments include Stagnation, Order, Complexity, and Chaos and they impact how much, or how little, we ultimately grow.
Learn which ring you and/or your team members are in:
An environment of little to no control where growth is halted by high turmoil.
An unpredictable environment where the outcomes are unknown.
A comfortable environment that leads to a predictable outcome.
A low performing, or negative growth environment.
I think the best decision I ever made was to get out of order and apply to medical school. The insights I learned from the "Growth Rings" helped me make that decision. How can you know what you're capable of until you throw yourself into discomfort?
Emily O. Student of Medicine
For months at the office we have been coasting and not pushing the envelope. This Talk made me realize we need to “get uncomfortable”! Now I’m trying to think of ways to drive complexity throughout our business in order to grow.
Eric L. Business Owner
Sometimes we enable people to not move into complexity. As a school counselor often times I want to help fix a situation which may keep a student from experiencing complexity where growth truly happens. It has made me more aware to not deprive them of the opportunity to grow and experience the joy that comes through struggling.
Jennifer B. Counselor
