Ask Marcia Leadership Q and A's: The Power of the Leader’s Focus Drives Success
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Send any of your leadership questions to md@mdaszko.com
Q. Our founder is very creative and full of ideas! That’s great, but we need to focus on getting customers and new funding for product development to grow the business. We talk to him and he nods, but then doesn’t focus. We’re floundering. What do we do?
A. Setting priorities and focusing on the business strategies to delight and impact customers is the job of management. Some great inventors and founders love creating products, but they don’t have the knowledge to run a business or lead their team.
The business needs an administrator and leader. Being a great engineer, accountant, doctor doesn’t mean the business can survive. This is the intervention conversation that needs to occur: by either the team, a respected executive, or the founder’s coach or mentor. Beyond a conversation, an action plan needs to be defined and implemented so the team can focus and the business can survive.
Send your leadership questions to Marcia Daszko at md@mdaszko.com. She works with Boards, C-suite leaders and teams to pivot, innovate, accelerate and achieve bold results never before imagined. A provocative keynote & virtual speaker, strategic Deming advisor/consultant for 25+ years, and executive retreat facilitator, she is the bestselling author of the book “Pivot Disrupt Transform.” www.mdaszko.com Call for her help today!
