{"id":127,"date":"2015-12-03T15:50:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T15:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2015-12-03T16:05:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T16:05:58","slug":"test-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"An Entrepreneur\u2019s Fatal Flaw – Nothing Is Ever Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

To many, particularly non-entrepreneurs, always\u00a0being right\u00a0may not sound like a problem. Optimism, positivity, confidence – they\u2019re all good. However, in reality, the fear of\u00a0being wrong<\/strong>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0not having every answer<\/strong>\u00a0as well as\u00a0keeping something quiet that is personal<\/strong>\u00a0are significant issues effecting many business leaders.<\/p>\n

Envision working at a company and going to the boss, the leader, asking a question and then seeing that he\/she does not have the answer. Even worse, if the entrepreneur says \u201csomething is wrong\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hearing that might make you hesitate about your job security, your future, the company\u2019s future\u2026. right?<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s an entrepreneur\u2019s fear:\u00a0losing the confidence of employees, of key team members<\/strong>. So, instead, many entrepreneurs give answers, every time,<\/em> and often don\u2019t share the\u00a0whole truth, particularly about themselves.<\/p>\n

Now, mind you, many are type A aggressive leaders and capable of decisions on the fly; however, there are times when these sentences are perfectly acceptable:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. What is your opinion?\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to share something with you.”<\/h2>\n

A decision always lies with the leader. And, the team member is included in the decision process. The candour of the leader will actually attract the employees rather than deter them.<\/p>\n

I learned many years ago that being open with life situations had very positive effects on our team, too. I used to be very quiet about my personal life. I still don\u2019t wear my woes on my sleeve, but I do share the reasons why my attention or productivity are impacted.<\/p>\n

I remember the relief when I finally told my management team:<\/p>\n

I was going through divorce<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/h3>\n

The team was very supportive. I was concerned about being judged; instead, they took on more so that I had the space to do the legal side of the divorce and to figure out how to be a single dad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When I put my pride aside and opened up, we became a better team.<\/h2>\n

Lead by example. Don\u2019t carry all the weight. Don\u2019t try to have every answer, every time.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to be real, be more candid, and share your entrepreneurial life with your team. You will be a stronger leader<\/strong>, even more respected by those that matter.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Douglas, “ResilienceGuy”, is an accomplished Mentor, Coach &\u00a0Speaker helping entrepreneurs with\u00a0growth and strength, particularly through\u00a0life moments such as divorce\u00a0or major\u00a0illness.\u00a0He can be reached at\u00a0<\/em>bill@resilienceguy.com<\/a>. Learn about him at\u00a0http:\/\/www.resilienceguy.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To many, particularly non-entrepreneurs, always\u00a0being right\u00a0may not sound like a problem. Optimism, positivity, confidence – they\u2019re all good. However, in reality, the fear of\u00a0being wrong\u00a0and\/or\u00a0not having every answer\u00a0as well as\u00a0keeping something quiet that is personal\u00a0are significant issues effecting many business leaders. Envision working at a company and going to the boss, the leader, asking a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterakhoury.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}