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Through dialogue, we influence actions.

The Growth Mentors challenge the sparring team members to raise the bar and dare more — without making the goals seem impossible. The Growth Mentor helps define company-specific goals and, above all, in implementing them. The key is to ask the right questions, offer new perspectives and challenge thinking when needed.

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Our current members

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Aaro Cantell
Anders Dahlblom
Jarkko Veijalainen
Jenni Kiikka
Juha Pinomaa
Jukka Lindström
Jukka Rantala
Lotta Kopra
Mika Anttonen
Samppa Lahtinen
Thomas Luther
Tuomas Syrjänen
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Our Growth Mentors challenge participants to raise the bar and dare more – without making the goals seem impossible. Growth Mentors help define, develop and, above all, implement goals. The Growth Mentors ask the right questions, offer new perspectives and challenge thinking when necessary. We always keep the discussion concrete and value-based, ensuring that words lead to impactful actions.

You commit to a shared journey - come with an open mind!

The Growth Mentor meets with his or her own sparring team four times a year. The team consists of 8-10 members. The focus is to offer sparring and support for each participant, without forgetting peer sparring.

Joint preparation

The Growth Collective team coordinates the meetings and is responsible for the agenda and focus points of the meetings. Before each meeting, the Growth Collective team runs through the plan and preparations together with the Growth Mentor. Thus, during the sparring sessions, the Growth Mentor can focus on what is essential – challenging and sparring.

What does good look like?

Participants leave the year more courageous and more ambitious, inspired to reach for greater heights than ever before. Goals become concrete and are already well underway – the first results show the power of decisions. The energy of the sparring community and the insights shared together elevate each member’s capacity for renewal to a new level and open the doors to the next opportunities for growth.

Sparring principles

Principle 1

A positive but direct approach.

Principle 2

Asking the questions that need to be asked.

Principle 3

Not questioning for the sake of questioning.

Principle 4

Focus on solutions and opportunities.

GROWTH-STORY · ELOVENA
Kasvuryhmä has been a game-changer for us. The network’s support and insights helped us overcome
Candice Wu
CEO, Scale-up Company
Kirittäjä/Jäsen
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“We need courage to launch growth projects. Making ambitious decisions is perhaps the most difficult thing for us. Courage is guided by emotions, not so much by logic.”
Aaro Cantell
Growth Collective Founding Member
Kasvuryhmä
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"The Growth Collective has a great gang and a peer-to-peer atmosphere. There are a couple of hundred of us who are ready to help each other and the whole of Finland to succeed and grow"
Jarkko Veijalainen
Growth Collective Mentor
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"Big transformations start with understanding: what does it take to make this possible and how do we ensure focus and sufficient capacities."
Jukka Lindström
Growth Collective Mentor
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“The path to productivity growth is through innovations, and innovations are visible as competitive products and services. Make outrageous promises for innovations as well.”
Pekka Ala-Pietilä
Growth Collective Founding Member

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