Growth Team Management - How to Build a Growth Team

Learn to hire for a growth team using a person-role fit framework, prioritizing values like getting things done, grit, a vivacious learner, and being nice, guided by structured behavioral interviews.

Identify great growth team hires: bulldogs who thrive in uncertainty and independence in early, unstructured environments, transitioning to stewards who optimize cross-functional processes at scale.

Use quantitative goals as a management tool rather than the sole performance measure. Balance output goals like revenue with input goals, considering uncertainty and control to guide growth team decisions.

Use a six-style leadership framework—commanding, visionary, affiliative, democratic, pace setting, and coaching—to flex leadership and guide growing teams. Leverage StrengthsFinder to align strengths with roles and foster career development.

Evaluate the right person for each role as your growth team expands, flex hiring, set goals by control and certainty, and assess attributes and performance.