{"id":1987,"date":"2010-09-02T10:11:46","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/boston-west\/business-owner-quit-developing-strong-weaknesses"},"modified":"2010-09-02T10:11:46","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:11:46","slug":"business-owner-quit-developing-strong-weaknesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/boston-west\/business-owner-quit-developing-strong-weaknesses","title":{"rendered":"Business Owner, Quit Developing Strong\u00a0Weaknesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

To run a successful business, there are dozens and dozens of skillsets that are necessary.\u00a0 Sadly, many business owners mistakenly believe they need to be the sole person to possess all the requisite skillsets.<\/strong> That they must be\u00a0fully competent in all business-related skillsets and all operational facets of a business: bookkeeping,\u00a0accounting, collections, marketing, sales, operations, customer service,\u00a0IT, human resources, administration, management, legal,\u00a0and on and one. \u00a0What a tragic and costly mistake<\/strong>. While all these components and more need to be handled efficiently and effectively within the business (employees) and\/or outside the business (outsourced resources), they DO NOT need to be handled by just one person\u2026YOU. Any wonder why most owners are perpetually exhausted or overwhelmed?\u00a0 Why most owners do the wrong type of work on a daily basis?\u00a0 Why their companies and revenues reach a plateau? \u00a0Stop trying to DO IT ALL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When starting a business,\u00a0most owners out of necessity must\u00a0wear many hats and\u00a0must do most, if not all, the tasks.\u00a0 That is OK and normal the first year or so.\u00a0 However,\u00a0an owner’s mindset from the beginning should be that the only hat\u00a0he\/she will eventually wear is that of Chief Executive Officer (CEO).<\/strong> Owners must be committed to shedding hat after hat until\u00a0they have only one hat left \u2026 and at that point, their business will be a joy to operate and worth a fortune.\u00a0 While each owner has\u00a0their own time schedule, as long as they are on the path to “give up hats”, they will be fine.\u00a0 In fact, at The Growth Coach<\/a>, we insist that our small business coaching clients stop being the Chief Everything Officer and transform into the Chief Executive Officer <\/strong>\u2026 first with their mindset and then with their behavior. \u00a0While they should be in CHARGE of their business, they should not try to be in total CONTROL of every facet, task, and issue. \u00a0In short, The Growth Coach Strategic Mindset process<\/a> helps transform Micro-Managers and<\/strong> Control Freaks into Strategic Business Owners.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is the hard truth why that transformation is necessary.\u00a0 You can NOT be great at or even become very good at all the above\u00a0business skillsets and functional business areas we listed \u2026 even with hard work and practice. We human beings are not wired to be good at everything.\u00a0 Even if you could be, there is NOT enough time in the day for you to do everything and be everywhere\u2026you must focus on what you do best and what has a high-value return for your company<\/strong>.\u00a0 Sadly, many owners miss this lesson and try to\u00a0become\u00a0competent at every role and task.\u00a0 They\u00a0tragically work and work and work on their weaknesses until\u00a0they\u00a0are simply\u00a0left with\u2026you got it, strong weaknesses. You don\u2019t need more strong weaknesses.\u00a0 That is insane and exhausting.\u00a0 Instead, you need to strengthen your God-given strengths.<\/p>\n

Business owner, why\u00a0not\u00a0leverage\u00a0your strengths and delegate\/outsource your weaknesses?<\/strong> Why not hire others, let them do what they\u00a0do best, and you focus on what you do best?\u00a0\u00a0Unfortunately, this seldom occurs.\u00a0 In my many years of business coaching and running The Growth Coach, a North American business coaching franchise <\/a>system, I have concluded that most owners do not know what they are truly gifted\u00a0and talented at doing. They are so busy being busy and running around, they don\u2019t take the time to reflect and evaluate their most valuable and profitable talents.\u00a0 Or, they sadly take their talents and gifts (because they come so easy to them) for granted and\u00a0dismiss their uniqueness and value. Since they don\u2019t have clarity of strengths\/gifts, they tackle anything.\u00a0 Most owners try\u00a0to become\u00a0competent at everything\u00a0associated with their business and that is\u00a0nearly impossible, tiring,\u00a0and goes against our nature.\u00a0 You are\u00a0naturally great at a handful of things\u00a0already.\u00a0 God gives us certain strengths, abilities,\u00a0gifts\u00a0and unique talents.\u00a0 What are yours?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me ask you a series of business coaching questions that can help shine some light on your God-given talents, gifts and unique strengths:<\/strong><\/p>\n