Aug 16 2008
The 4 Common Mistakes Made in Family Businesses (Part II, end)
Delegation
Which is an issue for any company, but the family is much more difficult. That what is being delegated authority is not the responsibility, and that those responsible for the successful attainment of our management remains. Find the person is essential, but I have seen many times that in reality the fact of failure trying to delegate makes a strengthening of the ego that made the attempt, saying that there is a hidden desire that the person did not appear, That is how many times we hear, “if I do not know how anyone,” if we have this thought in mind, spend many hours making our operational tasks (absolutely delegate) we lose time to do creative (delegated or not) our lackluster management.
To successfully delegate must:
Be truly convinced that we want to delegate
Find the right person
Communicating task
Keep in touch
If you already tried and failed many times, let’s review a little of our own attitude to this point.
Recognition
The lack of recognition creates dissatisfaction, bitterness, resentment and demotivate. When an employee is trying to do their job properly, comply with the agreement and making an effort, you need to do their top notes, with a commentary, with a note with care. Do not think you need not recognize anything because no one in their efficient organization, the thing does not happen that way. What generally happens is that we often call an employee only when they are wrong, but once did something good, and not told him anything.
With the lack of recognition that is achieved in that good employee loses enthusiasm, become smug and think that it is useless to try because no one will notice, thus harming the result of his work and his contribution as internal client. Can you remember the last time an employee called to say he did his job well?
Capabilities
In a market as competitive and often ruthless as the current one, is essential in any professional sense. Each member of the organization must be central to the area you are covering. The fact that it is a brother, husband, wife or any family member does not guarantee that is able to successfully fill the position for which he was summoned and often does so because it was not free to fail timely assessed. The psycho is not infallible, but we are approaching 80% to the reality in the features that a person should have access to the profile of the position to be filled.
The approach, leadership, leadership, decision making, personality characteristics are why you can not learn, or are not taken, if they have, with good training can improve or learn techniques, these features are detectable through psycho. I did not know yet, no company would make a family psychotechnical a relative, ie as relatives gather that meets all the requirements for the post. But many of them do perform these studies for all personnel entering unfamiliar. Agree that it is a very difficult subject, so it is good to put it.
Family businesses are central to the economic scenario of the countries are ancient and will remain useful and necessary. It is important to professionalize more, working in teams, delegating that managers respect their personal time (to take holidays, weekends, etc.). Who are able to do a series, just not the skills of their Celene children whilst they are strong enough to tell any parent that is working to development from the standpoint of the company, which must depart. The fact that they have a family business is a challenge in itself, be an integral part of it is also true, but the most unforgiving challenge is to be as self sufficient as to recognize what we are doing well and what we must do better. Do not be so permissive with others, much less ourselves.
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