Get your hands dirty by immersing yourself inside your business at the early stages. That is how you can develop a total mastery of every component of the business.
Do not run your business abstractly seated inside your air conditioned office while your staff work it out under the sun. It is a balancing act, sure. As a founder your major work is actually to focus on the bigger challenges of building the company. The key to being in the thick of it is to know when is the right time, and when to keep your distance.
When you delegate everything, you stand at risk of missing out of the little details of the business and you will not be able to really scrutinize the operations of your staff.
To run a company, you of course need to delegate, but pick your spots and continue to roll up your sleeves and get dirty. You’ll see the entire organization follow that lead.
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Watching The World
- It started with a hack, then a 9/11-level threat, now Sony Pictures Entertainment has canceled the release of their movie: The Interview. (Going forward, how will terrorists and hackers influence businesses in this digital era?)
- A new pair of jeans is been developed to protect you from people who can hack into devices you keep inside your pocket. Meet the jeans that will prevent digital pickpocketing.
