Go Theory (Part 1)
I’ve been in biz for 15 years now. I’ve found that as an entrepreneur sometimes the best way to solve problems is to simply leave them — to just go away. Here are a few rules that are important when utilizing what I call “Go Theory”:
- You need staff for this to work. If you don’t have quality people, this won’t work.
- You need not just staff but happy staff — people who you empower and take care of.
- If you’re gone and they call and ask questions, you should throw the issue back to them. Assure them you trust them, and let them succeed or fail. If you’re unwilling to allow your employees to fail sometimes you should be prepared for a long miserable (whether you know it, or not) life, chained to your business.
Now, here are some reasons for you to to get up and Go.
- It clears your head and gets you on track — keeping things clicking along.
- It allows you to work on your business not in your business. What will ultimately keep you growing and fast isn’t hard work; it’s creativity and thinking out of the box. Any asshole can work hard. You want to be smart, not overworked.
- Your employees don’t want you there all the time. In fact, they work better when you’re gone!
I’ll be talking Go Theory for a while, so keep your RSS feeds on and check it out.
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By Katja, October 29, 2009 @ 4:19 pm
I like your Go theory posts. Very much. One thought made me smile:
I was surprised by the cultural difference between Germany and the US where the status of “working hard” is concerned. Around here, “working hard” has a positive connotation. Not so much in Germany, and it still makes me cringe when I hear it – working “hard” has the slight taste of not knowing a better way – otherwise you would work smart, and efficiently instead of “hard”.
Looking forward to your next post.
Cheers