Not sure what to do now…
Oct 19th, 2004 | By Ridz | Category: Featured
I’ve come to realise that beyond starting your own business, one of the primary challenges is to manage people. And by that, i’m not talking abotu employees. I’m talking about partners. You see, I believe that partners must have trust in each other. And to me, the best people to fit that bill would be my friends. But herein lies the problem. I’ve grown to be so used to the army lifestyle of just caring about my own ass that I don’t know how to manage people and friends anymore. Shit.
I think my team is moving slowly and I attribute it to 2 primary causes. One, I am not as competent as I used to be at doing work. I don’t know how to delegate tasks properly and can’t seem to get the idea across. Secondly, my team(made up of very capable people mind you) is also so used to their NS lifestyle that they just wait for things to happen. i.e. They wait for me to tell them what to do. WRONG! That’s not the point of them being on my team! They’re supposed to be pro-active.
For instance, I wanted to Terence to conduct a market survey for me. Sure. But he asks me to pass the list of questions to him. *shakes head*. My intention was for him to handle that entire aspect. Hmmm…Gotta tell him that soon. Darn.
Min’an is great. He’s a person I have respected for ages and will no doubt maintain that position for many more lifetimes to come. Sad thing is, his schedule in camp is tighter than most of us. So meeting up is a very hard thing to do(though its still very possible).
Cat. Shucks. I want her on my team for several reasons. One, she is meticulous. She can handle the finances. Plus, she just has this connection with people, which is why she’s also handling our public relations. Sad thing is, as with most of people, she too isn’t motivated enough to be able to juggle all her commitments. This puts the CyberSpace project on the shelf. Shucks.
How?
I guess these are the perils of starting-up. Better to learn now than later I guess…
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