Ontologi - Insecure Managers Create...

Insecure business owners do the same thing! Is this you? Here’s the full quote…be honest now, is this you?

Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous, managers use thick, convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood. Real leaders don’t need clutter. People must have the self-confidence to be clear, precise, to be sure that every person in their organization — highest to lowest — understands what the business is trying to achieve. But it’s not easy. You can’t believe how hard it is for people to be simple, how much they fear being simple. They worry that if they’re simple, people will think they’re simple-minded. In reality, of course, it’s just the reverse. Clear, tough-minded people are the most simple.

Ever notice how easy it is to detect insecure people?

Ever notice how insecure people often surround themselves with…a lot of stuff, you know, junk?

When we, yes we, as business owners, are insecure, you can bet we’ve surrounded ourselves with a complex of business related junk activity.

Insecure managers may surround themselves with ornate buzzwords, but we as small business owners take it beyond that—we encompass our firm with the luxuries of chaotic activity.

Which begs the questions…

Do those who are secure, focus?

or

Does one focus and then become secure?

Focus. Insecurity smells funky.