This blog assumes that blind spots of power come with the CEO role no matter how good or true or well-intended you are. You can't afford to have them. So I give reminders of what I have seen in my experience to help you see. Or try to see. Monday morning practical tips will help you sharpen up and see what tweaks you and your blind spot. A little whack on the side of the head with your Monday morning coffee.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
ARE YOU A SCROOGE?
There are all kinds of ways to be an executive scrooge.
None of them are great for business.
Check yourself out:
Do you cut interactions short to save time and miss the crux of the issue?
Is every conversation focused on cost rather than growth?
Are you afraid that recognition will make people work less hard?
Are you afraid that stating a problem publicly will make it worse?
Do you use too few words to communicate context and direction?
Are you stingy with raises and praise?
Do you withhold promotions too long so they are almost insulting?
Do you always look for deficiency first?
Is your first response "No"?
Do you wait too long to give major development opportunities to top people?
Stinginess can wither a business and create an atmosphere of contraction rather than of expansion and possibility. Money is so not the only currency for an executive scrooge. So spend more--time, attention, development, respect,
information about the business. Spend, spend, spend.
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