How To Teach Your Team To Develop a Culture of Curiosity – Strategies We Use With Our Own Team
Episode 650: Show Notes
What does it mean to cultivate a culture of curiosity? That’s what we’re going to be discussing today! “Culture of curiosity” isn’t just a fun phrase. It starts with the way you talk about your work with all the people who are in your support system. It should be all-encompassing because if you use different language with different people it can derail you (in our opinion).
One of the very first switches that we made when we were first growing our team was to speak openly with our team members about the things that we used to only speak about during our private conversations. As soon as we started thinking out loud, and sharing our fears and excitement with the people around us, they could see the evolution in our thought patterns which is such a valuable and inclusive tool!
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Why Lightheartedness is a Boss Project Value
Even as a business owner, there is only so much that you can control. You can’t control what other people say and do, or how things pan out in the end. You can have goals and aspirations but technically the only thing you have control over is the steps that lead up to those goals, and there are a whole lot of external factors that contribute to whether you reach those goals or not. That being said, there are certain implementation strategies that we believe will make it more likely that you will reach your goals. One of those strategies involves incorporating a light-hearted attitude into your workplace. One of our values at Boss Project is lightheartedness! By taking the pressure off, you’ll automatically improve the actions that are being taken by your team members, because nobody performs at their best when they are under pressure!
What’s Your MVP?
MVP stands for Most Viable Product. We’ve used this term in the past when teaching our clients, and we use it internally when we are talking about how we can get the most out of what we are doing. The best way to do better is to learn how something has performed, and the only way to learn about how something has performed is to DO that thing! Don’t put too much weight on how something worked for someone else. Everybody is so different and has a completely different set of circumstances. So, whether it’s a YouTube video, a TikTok, a reel for Instagram, don’t just sit on it; take action, show it to your team, get feedback and then get it out there! We want to encourage you to be less tied to the outcome of a potential action and more committed to the willingness to just let go and see what happens.
Fostering an Experimental Mindset
An experimental mindset comes naturally to some people, while for other people it is something that needs to be fostered. At Boss Project, we attract a lot of perfectionists, so one of the things we do with new hires is to give them the freedom to experiment and give them a creative project that is completely independent of their daily work. Their special project will be related to their role in the business but won’t have any pressure! It allows them to try on their leadership without the pressure of actually leading. We have found that this strategy also encourages open discussions, and helps people become comfortable with constructive criticism.
The Benefits of Saying “Yes!”
When an idea requires many hands to turn it into something realistic, it can be off-putting. If one of your new team members comes to you with an idea like this, even if you don’t think the idea makes sense at the time, our recommendation is to give them the green light for just 30 days. By saying yes to someone’s idea early on, you are showing them that you value their opinion. Even if their first idea doesn’t work out the way they hoped, they will learn something from it and because you were open-minded and gave them the space to express themselves, they won’t be afraid to come to you with ideas in the future!
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Taking action, even though imperfect, is quite literally the best thing you can do in a marketing department.
Highlights
Why Lightheartedness is a Boss Project Value. [0:12:24]
What’s Your MVP? [0:14:40]
Fostering an Experimental Mindset. [0:18:41]
The Benefits of Saying “Yes!” [0:24:58]
ON TODAY’S SHOW
Abagail & Emylee
The Strategy Hour Podcast
We help overwhelmed and creative entrepreneurs break down their Oprah-sized dreams to create a functioning command center to tame the chaos of their business. Basically, we think you’re totally bomb diggity, we’re about to uplevel the shiz out of your business.
KEY TOPICS
Culture of Curiosity, Thinking Out Loud, Lightheartedness, Taking Action, Experimenting, Leadership
