GrowthReady

GrowthReady Steve Mellor - High Performance Coach | Author | Helping Leaders Master Resilience & Mindset | ๐ŸŽง Host of the GrowthReady Podcast

05/29/2026

Ben Granger says being GrowthReady means having a growth mindset, bringing a mental orientation into whatever youโ€™re facing... you choose to learn as much as possible from it. You stay open, stay coachable, and trust you can improve as you go.

Itโ€™s like showing up to training... reps first, lessons after.

What are you facing right now that you could treat like a learning rep?

Digital Diary  #16We hear this so often. Maybe you have thought it yourself.The success of a company often relies on the...
05/27/2026

Digital Diary #16

We hear this so often. Maybe you have thought it yourself.

The success of a company often relies on the success of the team mentality.

Have you implemented anything new this year to bring the team together in alignment towards your main initiatives.

What does the founder of the Savannah Bananas believe real competitors do when they hit limitations?In this Growth๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ...
05/27/2026

What does the founder of the Savannah Bananas believe real competitors do when they hit limitations?

In this Growth๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ Replay episode, Steve rewinds back to Fall 2020 with Jesse Cole, the yellow-tux-wearing founder who helped turn a low-level baseball team into one of the most magnetic live sports experiences on the planet.

This conversation isnโ€™t really about baseball.

Itโ€™s about building something unforgettable when the odds, the budget, and the circumstances tell you to play it safe.

Most people see limitations as a reason to slow down.

Fewer people learn to fall in love with the problem and use constraints as fuel for creativity, culture, and momentum.

This episode will leave you energized, and with a practical lens you can apply to your team, your brand, and the way you lead under pressure.

Where in your world right now is a limitation actually an invitation to innovate?

05/25/2026

You can fit anywhere. But do you belong there?

Itโ€™s easy to sound aligned with a companyโ€™s values. The real test is whether your values actually match theirs.

You can move fast and chase results, but if you donโ€™t have the right team to collaborate with, youโ€™ll get stuck.

Do your values actually match where you workโ€ฆ or are you just fitting in?

-Meghan Popoleo on Episode 311 | GrowthReady Podcast

Missed this episode?Megan Torrance, CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, workplace learning and development leader, auth...
05/25/2026

Missed this episode?

Megan Torrance, CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, workplace learning and development leader, author, athlete, and endurance hiker. She helps organizations build systems that make growth and performance repeatable.

In this conversation, she flips the usual idea of ready on its head. You donโ€™t wait until you feel fully prepared. You build the support, the reflection, and the courage to take the next step anyway.

If youโ€™re standing on the edge of a new role, a new season, or a bigger askโ€ฆ this oneโ€™s for you.

Listen to the episode, then tell me... whatโ€™s the next step youโ€™ve been putting off because you donโ€™t feel ready yet?

05/22/2026

The fastest way to get better isnโ€™t being the best

Benjamin Granger, (Chief Workplace Psychologist at Qualtrics, author of A Leader Worth Following) breaks down three mindsets people bring to a new skill, project, or hobby.

๐Ÿ‘‰learning goal orientation... you focus on improving, not results.
๐Ÿ‘‰performance prove... you have to be the best.
๐Ÿ‘‰and the most damaging is performance avoid... โ€œI just donโ€™t want to look id***โ€

Trying to prove youโ€™re the best does a little better. But the people who commit to learning, improving over time, are the ones who perform best in the long run.

When you start something new, are you trying to learnโ€ฆ or trying not to look bad?

Got a story that could help another leader grow before they feel ready?Nominate a founder, CEO, or leader to be featured...
05/22/2026

Got a story that could help another leader grow before they feel ready?

Nominate a founder, CEO, or leader to be featured on the Growth๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ Podcast.

Weโ€™re looking for real stories... the turning points, messy middle moments, hard lessons, and breakthroughs that shaped how you lead.

This podcast is for candid conversations with high performers, founders, and leaders about growth, resilience, and becoming ready through action.

Know someone with a story worth sharing?

Apply or nominate a guest today.
๐Ÿ”—https://www.growthreadypodcast.com/

05/21/2026

Humans donโ€™t like discomfort

A chief workplace psychologist at Qualtrics , explains what their research keeps revealing... when employees face big change at work (and when customers face product or pricing changes), the first reaction is often negative.

Discomfort shows up fast and weโ€™re wired to relieve it quickly. But that discomfort isnโ€™t always a red flag. It can be the first sign youโ€™re adapting.

When change hits you, do you try to escape the feelingโ€ฆ or work through it?

โ€œI๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.โ€In the latest episode...
05/20/2026

โ€œI๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.โ€

In the latest episode, Steve Mellor sits down with Ben Granger (Chief Workplace Psychologist at Qualtrics, author of A Leader Worth Following) to unpack a truth most high performers need to hear: discomfort isnโ€™t the problem... avoiding it is.

The real work is learning how to process change, stay grounded, and keep moving without letting stress become chronic.

Listen now on all podcast platforms and watch the full conversation on the GrowthReady YouTube channel.

05/18/2026

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ

Heather Hodges shares a simple leadership practice that changes decision-making, when her instinct is to act, she slows herself down and asks one question... โ€œWhat am I missing?โ€

That question forces a pause. And it turns action into something more strategic... because you find the blind spot before you move.

Where could one '๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ?' save you from a bad decision?

05/15/2026

Growth isnโ€™t a vibe. Itโ€™s a leap.

Megan breaks down โ€œgrowth readyโ€ in a way that cuts through the noise... growth is what you learn from a leap. It has to matter. It has to stretch you. It has to be relevant... real learning, not busy work.

But then comes the part most people skip... ready.

Do you actually have the skills, mindset, energy, and capacity? The tools, the team, the access you need to make the leap count?

What leap are you avoiding because youโ€™re not resourced for it yet?

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