{"id":1595,"date":"2015-12-22T18:18:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T23:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/greater-portland\/business-owner-challenge-be-the-least-important-person-in-your-business"},"modified":"2022-07-14T00:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T04:53:18","slug":"business-owner-challenge-be-the-least-important-person-in-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/greater-portland\/business-owner-challenge-be-the-least-important-person-in-your-business","title":{"rendered":"Business Owner Challenge: Be the Least Important Person in Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

At The Growth Coach, we see a recurring challenge with small businesses \u2013 the business owner is the manager, lead technician, human resources person, marketing department, sales person and more. There are only so many hours in the day and no one can possibly be at their best when they\u2019re spread that thin. So what\u2019s the solution? As a small business owner, you need to learn to be the LEAST important person in your company.<\/p>\n

A good way to become less important in your business is to think about what you need to do to SELL the business. Even if you aren\u2019t looking to sell anytime soon, you should still be working toward that end wealth-creating goal. But what does that mean? In short, it means that the company needs to be successful AND function without you. So whether it\u2019s because you need to step back to reclaim your life or you need to turn your business into a more stable asset, the answer is the same. You need to create systems that allow you to let go of the daily operations of your business.<\/p>\n

Your business, long term, cannot depend upon your presence, personality, problem solving or perspiration for its daily survival.\u00a0 If so, your business does not work for you \u2026 you work for your business.\u00a0You\u2019ll always remain a glorified employee and prisoner to your business.\u00a0Instead, you need to create an independent, self-sustaining, cash-flowing machine.\u00a0\u00a0Instead of having the business be dependent on you, have the business be dependent on the operations manual, systems, processes and people you have put in place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is your wake-up call: a company is never worth its full value to a buyer if you (the current owner) have to come along with it to make it run.\u00a0 No one wants to buy your JOB or a broken business. Or, if they do, they won\u2019t pay much for it.<\/p>\n

Rather than being the Chief Everything Officer, you need to put systems in place that allow you to be the Chief Executive Officer. As the owner,\u00a0you should be a generalist and a leader.<\/strong>\u00a0Provide the vision, leadership, business systems, and the passion, but not the blood, sweat and toil on a daily basis.\u00a0Instead of working so much \u201cin\u201d the business, work \u201con\u201d the business.<\/strong> Your job is to create jobs for others, not create and work multiple jobs yourself. You need to start thinking like CEO instead of a lead technician.<\/p>\n

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