From traditional chief to leader
Rethinking the role of entrepreneur requires a rethinking of the way of carrying out a business or activity, maintaining efficient organizations and prepared to face a changing environment
The main problem of SME entrepreneur is that he faces the day to day with operational issues that urge him much of the day and do not allow him to concentrate on delineating strategies and developing action plans.
A challenge is to build reliable work teams. It is difficult to overcome the individualistic trait and think that "nobody does things as I do." The assembly of a good team will demonstrate that the greater the number of people involved in a common goal, better results will be obtained.
Teamwork requires leadership that guides its operation and it is important that members individually have their space to express their ideas and make their contributions to the general project. This is the change of the paradigm of the "traditional boss" to the "current leader" and in this way a committed and motivated team will be maintained.
We tend to speak of "collaborators" instead of "employees", meaning this change in terminology a recognition of their contribution in the achievement of goals.
It is important to establish short, medium and long term objectives and the strategy to achieve them, to transmit that information precisely to collaborators. Care must be taken to communicate any variation that could arise in these objectives. To maintain a motivated team it is important to participate in the advances and achievements that are achieved, both individually and the group in their joint action. This allows us to get away from the ancient control processes "for tasks" to move on to the control "by objectives", which generates the empowerment of the collaborators and consequently better results.
From these concepts the importance of a good and fluid communication, fundamental tool for the growth of the organization.
Our clients refer us that day -to -day tasks overflow them and do not allow them to manage properly. We must work on a effective delegation. Deleging is key to growing. For this it is essential to have a team of people trained to fulfill their functions. Deleging does not mean to separate or disregard, it simply consists of more effectively administering your time, being able to allocate it to strategic functions and trusting the operational tasks to the appropriate collaborators. For the delegation to be successful, it is essential to have clear processes and the necessary monitoring tools through control boards that reflect representative, measurable and actionable parameters and, in turn, that allow control by objectives, and not by tasks.
The innovation It must be on the agenda of every manager. As Mark Zuckerberg says "the only strategy that ensures failure is not to innovate." Generally, SMEs do not have a budget to invest in this type of items and must feed on their own resources. Innovation consists of ideas that are exchanged and shared. Innovation has become a need to achieve the transformation and growth of companies and their permanence and competitiveness.
We recommend organizing meeting moments, in which to make a brainstorm. It is important that these spaces are "scheduled" periodically, have a delimited time, and that from these meetings conclusions are drawn to concrete actions.
The role of the entrepreneur requires a constant rethinking of the way of carrying out a business, maintaining organizations to face a changing environment.
