A couple of months ago I assumed the role of the Managing Director of our company – Techspecialist Consulting Limited. Before now, my understanding of the office is to:
- be
at the peak of ones career where you enjoy the luxury of a big fancy office
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have opportunity to network with millionaires and billionaires
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close deals your team have been working on for months with just an appearance,
-Take
vacation trips as frequent as you like to rejuvenated
-Give
directives to team members and provide them the requisite resources and
environment to achieve them.
But
No! Being an MD is actually more like:
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Dealing with emergency calls at 1am and preferring resolutions at the spot
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making tough decisions and sticking your neck out to take bullet for it
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being there for your team members whenever you are needed irrespective of the
time or your mood.
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Chasing your next deal and closing it on time.
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Spending late hours fixing issues when everyone else has retired for the day.
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Being the accountants, marketing officer, Human resources, project manager, and alot more at the same time.
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Keeping your cool at all time, this is one is even advance emotional
intelligence.
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Hiring and Firing, the first easier done, telling someone they're fired is the
most difficult.
-Responsible
for everything that happens at company.
A
decade of experience in the industry should have prepare anyone for this so I
thought. Again NO, the MD/CEO role is a whole new terrain you must relearn, unlearn
what you know, then keep learning. But the most amazing part of it is, I found
out that you don't have to be a superhero or genius to run any firm, just be
good at any of the following, then persistently learn others:
· - Be
great at selling to customers.
· - Be
great at selling to partners and stakeholders.
· - Be
great at selling to current and potential employees.
Every
CEO/MD need only one of the above to be a good at the jo But the best CEOs can do all 3. And that's
what every business owner should aspire for.
Thank
you for reading
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