4 Tools for Navigating Periods of Transition and Uncertainty in Business
Jason Van Orden
Scale Your Impact and Income w/o Sacrificing Your Sanity ?? Business Growth Strategist for Coaches ?? Scalable Genius Method? ??? Podcaster ?? Co-Founder GEM Networking Community
How can you successfully navigate the inevitable transitions and periods of uncertainty that arise as you grow your coaching or consulting business?
We all face uncertain pivot points along the way. We may reach a point where we’re burned out, something in our business might stop working, market conditions may change, we might lose a key team member, or we might face any number of other internal or external forces requiring a pivot.
Navigating these periods of transition can be difficult, and at times, it can lead us to doubt our decisions or abilities. Uncertainty can be exciting but also scary.
Here are four of my favorite ways to tap into the insights, creative fuel, and motivation needed during a period of transition.
Conversations
Get outside perspective from trusted colleagues. Talk to your coach or mastermind if you have one.
Most importantly, conduct half a dozen customer research interviews to gain fresh insights into the needs and challenges of your ideal clients. Ask open-ended questions and pay close attention to the insights and ideas that inspire and excite you.
Strengths
Reconnect with your unique genius. Our strengths point us to our greatest opportunities for growth.
The fast-paced, unpredictable nature of business can cause us to lose connection with what we do best and enjoy most.
Here are a few of my favorite frameworks and assessments for getting feedback and insights about your strengths.
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Curiosity
Curiosity is a powerful compass. It is one way our intuition can speak to us. It points us to new opportunities for growth and value creation. It’s also an excellent source of creative fuel and motivation. Set aside time to learn and experiment with things that pique your curiosity.
Low Stakes Experiments
Forging a path ahead requires being in motion. We’ll never be able to illuminate the path ahead by standing still, thinking, and planning.
At some point, you need to put an iron or two in the fire to see what you can make of it.
You don’t have to bet the farm, as they say. A good strategy consists of a series of experiments, each informed by the last.
You could pilot a new offer, run a limited podcast series, start a new time-limited collaboration, or any other project that will help you gain the additional feedback and insights you need.
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How do you find the insights, creative fuel, and motivation needed to navigate periods of transition and uncertainty in your business?
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Hi, I'm Jason. I'm a business growth strategist to coaches and consultants. Subscribe to my newsletter for more insights and strategies for scaling your income and impact.
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10 个月Conversations and taking time away (especially to do anything creative or play-related) are my favorite ways to get unstuck. Conversations help because I'm such an outwards processor and it helps me gain new perspective. Taking a break because I always find that I come back refreshed with new insights that I didn't have before if I allow my subconscious to do whatever work it's doing in the background!
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10 个月Really loved these points, but especially the last one about low-stake experiments. Waiting for change is probably one of the worst things we can do, and I think this article does a great job of helping people take ownership of change instead.
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10 个月One of the smartest things I've done for my business is to incorporate quarterly micro-sabbaticals where I take a full week off from client meetings, networking, and social media and work *on* my business. This is when I research, write, and do other deep work. It helps me clean out the noise, reconnect with myself, and focus on what matters.
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10 个月Great points Jason Van Orden “Ask open ended questions” and being curious helps open up to possibilities. I’ve finally learned that when I come from a position of “I don’t know”, that’s when magic happens
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10 个月Good advice, I absolutely agree its about proper strategy. The hardest part for me has alwasy been maintaining the best social media strategy. I love my work but hate my job, if you get my meaning. Helping people, being in front of my clients is where I thrive. Back end marketing and content creation is the bane of my business.