As a busy executive, you face some extremely difficult challenges like creating and dominating new markets or finding and keeping the best people. But then, like many executives, do you find yourself spending too much time solving everyday problems (that only you can solve, right?), which prevent you from growing your ideal business? Most managers find themselves spending 80% or more of their time “reacting" to business events and very little time in preventing those same events from occurring again. If this sounds familiar then you may be making some of these management mistakes:
Start by examining how to remove yourself from your business. Look at automating or outsourcing tasks you perform now. Any task that falls within the tactical operation of your business should be transferred to another person. If automating or outsourcing is not an option then move the responsibility down the organization and train your employees to take over those tasks. Most employees are quite capable once they have been properly trained and given enough time to become proficient. Continuous improvement beats delayed perfection. The business is not about the founder, executive or management that has more experience, thinks they are the smartest or can do the best job. A business is about all of the people. In fact a business is the people. Management’s job is strategic. Manager’s must focus on the vision, mission and objectives of the organization. Then deploy the resources to see the work gets done. Then measure, monitor and communicate the results so that everyone has the information they need to improve their performance. Management job is to do the strategic work and not to do the tactical work or else who is doing the managers job? The workers cannot.
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