"The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process."
- Barbara Colorose
What is the MOST challenging part of being a business owner? I might suggest that it is EMPOWERING your people and ALLOWING them to call their own shots.
As a business owner, we always feel like we "KNOW BEST" for the business itself. We UNDERSTAND it better than anyone else does, we know how to MITIGATE issues, we know best what the clients want and need. Yet, how good will your business be if you are the ONLY ONE calling the shots? If you are the only one that takes care of EVERYTHING? How will you ever grow if you are the ONLY employee?
EMPOWERING your people and allowing them to make their own decisions, manage their own conflicts, to fail and succeed on their own is the most DIFFICULT and NECESSARY part of successful leadership.
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
I BELIEVE that the most successful of businesses PLAN to empower from the beginning.
If you are like me, you want to be RIGHT all the time. You want to please EVERYONE, everyday. You never want a person to feel like they did not get what they were supposed to.
I serve as a business owner and a community leader in two non-profit organizations in my hometown now. The ONLY way that these endeavors will grow and be successful is by allowing others to WORK, WIN, FAIL and LEARN on their own under the supervision of my experience.
The most difficult CHALLENGE of it all: Understanding I must stay out of the way of my people and let the EMPOWERED persons do their job!
Cheers,
Zach
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