Scaling Costs or Staying The Same?
Have you considered scaling costs? Scaling can be scary. It is true for business and true for your career.
Are you trying to scale up? What will it take for you to make a difference in the next six to twelve months?
Scale up or else you’ll scale down.
Both Business and Career
For the small business or large enterprise there are costs associated with scaling. There are expectations, forecasts, and marketing expenses. There are operating costs, infrastructure costs, and capital investments.
For the career navigator scaling costs are similar. You have expectations based on where you are at, where you want to be, and consideration for how you will get there.
One of the costs associated with scaling often not considered is the cost of not scaling.
The small business or large enterprise is built around movement. Ideally forward movement. Within the operation there are both successes and failures, but the flow of motion should be forward.
It is the same for individual careers. C-suite to front-line employees, forward motion is the objective for many.
Scaling Costs
For all scaling endeavors the cost of inaction is often the highest cost of all. This includes the costs associated with all resources, and especially your most precious resource, time.
Organizations are driven by culture, culture means people, and people means careers.
Both businesses and people are driven by habit. If the habit becomes an indecisive stall, you’ll face the highest cost of all.
Scale up because coasting only happens when you are going downhill.
-DEG
Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and culture expert. He is a five-time author and the founder of Appreciative Strategies, LLC. His business focuses on positive human performance improvement solutions through Appreciative Strategies®. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.
