What is amazing to me is, when I ask a business owner or a manager " what are you working on? " or " what are you planning for next week? " the answer is almost invariably a propsal, or a permit, or some other form of desk work! It's a rare occasion that they will even speak of their employees! On those occasions where I thought I was discussing management, and the other party starts talking paperwork, I have had to learn to bite my tongue ... the first thing that wants to jump out of my mouth is " ... it sounds like as a manager ... you make a pretty good clerk " ( I have used this phrase often enough to have regretted it a few times ), and while no one has ever liked hearing those words, it has often sparked some great discussion/debate. I know that deskwork will always be part of what managers do ... we should not, however, allow it to become our primary focus!
What I DO feel should be our primary focus is LEADERSHIP! We've all heard and used the phrase " natural born leader ", and there are those people. But for the rest of us acquiring leadership skills requires time and practice, trial and error, but it can be done. No matter who you are, or how knowledgeable or skilled you are as a manager, you are just one person. To be the best manager possible for your company you need to look to the future, determine what will be required of your personnel at that point for optimum results, and then actively lead them into the challenges that await them fully prepared! That is the ideal we should aspire to! This is the essence of management!
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When the business owner operates from a paradigm of scarcity they look to do as much as possible thinking "I don't wanna have to pay for X, Y or Z".
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When a business owner takes out the trash or does any comparatively meaningless task... they are saying to the world and themselves: "I'm worth about $9.00 an hour"
Become a glass is half full kinda person, not a glass if half empty one
Thanks for reading and sharing Chris! What I truly enjoy seeing is the $9.00 an hour employee contribute something to the team/company that exceeds what has come to be the standard for his position, and watch his estimation of his value soar and his limitations disappear!
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