Leaders Must Not Only Lead but Manage Too

How to manage getting the job done!

In small businesses, defined as under fifty employees, it’s the business owner who must envision what the business will be, how it will work, and inspiring customers, staff, vendors, and community to support the business. And that’s not all. As you know, and maybe experienced, business owners need to manage getting the job done, either by themselves or through others.

Most business owners except the responsibility of both leading the business and working in the business.

The challenge for many business owners is in managing their operation.

Recently, two business owners told me that they needed to improve their management skills. Each of them said that they were overwhelmed with their management duties. They were really saying they needed to improve their ability to achieve superior performance through their staff.

In the coming weeks, I will provide you with a series of stories about ways to successfully manage staff in your small business.

QUESTION

As a business owner, or someone asked to act like a business owner, what is your key management challenge? Or better yet, what is your success story about how you have successfully managed achieving superior performance through others?


Chuck Scharenberg is the Founder of More Profit More Freedom, a consultancy that supports the execution of large-scale growth for small businesses. His practice has successfully grown businesses with processes that identify potential roadblocks and mitigation schemes to accelerate realistic execution.

Challenging Leaders to solve the Right problems by asking the Right questions!