Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Boss or leader

Boss or leader?

 Entrepreneurs like to be in charge. You start your business so you can call the shots – not someone else. But if you want to grow your business, you're going to have to learn to give responsibility to others. The question is – how do you become a leader, not just a manager, of others? The reality is that it takes time and attention to learn how to be a good boss. We may be good at what we do, but being a boss isn't a natural skill. While it is hard enough to get used to the idea of having others make decisions in your business, the problem is exacerbated because many entrepreneurs never had positive role models of how to be a good manager. Moreover, the old-fashioned concept of being a boss meant issuing orders and having others follow. Sort of a militaristic hierarchy. For some, this idea of “My way or the highway” management is still appealing. Many entrepreneurs hire their first employees with the idea that they'll do a lot of the dirty work the entrepreneur no longer h