A few days ago, at the end of a short talk I offered to some university students about entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship, a young woman approached me; There was frank concern on her face, which I could later deduce, was the result of the topics we had discussed, after greeting us she asked me, how could she be sure that her job as a company executive was correct and that she was on a path of professional growth ?. The young woman was very interested in getting a magic formula or a technical answer to her concern.
After digesting his question, I replied that looking for absolute answers in a changing world was quite complicated and sometimes useless. The true essence of the entrepreneurial executive is his quality as a person and his ability to integrate his knowledge with his feelings and emotions, and thus achieve a homogeneous mix of competition and innovation.
When I saw the face of my interlocutor, she seemed even more worried, I asked her if she had answered her question, to which she answered with a trembling voice that if, obviously, this was not true, then I invited her to sit down for a moment to break down the ideas I was referring to.
Have you heard of the ten commandments of the church? Executives as creatures of the Lord also have to comply with 10 fundamental laws, to build a career, productive for society and successful for them.
They are not 10 magic formulas, nor are they easy to fulfill, nobody forces you to fulfill them, but your own conscience, but if you do not, it is very sure that you will not go far as a high-level executive. I recommend that you review them and make them part of yourself, that you practice these rules throughout your business life and that you teach them to others who are on the business path.
1. Program Your Time: Time is a limited and very valuable resource, technological innovations and modern means of communication do not have the function of giving you more free time, but of speeding up your work more and more. On the other hand, you only have a few years to meet your goals, do not waste them on the game, nor on laziness. Take advantage of them and get as much productivity as you can. The time that leaves no longer returns.
2. Respect for the Dignity of People: Put this in your head, you are not alone. Dealing with others is inevitable and you must set the example so that good habits of dealing with people are cultivated in your company or in your work team. Be fair with your employees and partners, show your loved ones that for you, both the doorman and the investor are people who deserve respect.
3. Find Balance In Your Company: Stakeholders are very varied in companies, on the one hand there are partners, on the other, customers, employees, investors, in short, a large crowd of people who want something of the company. The bad thing is that on occasions, those interests collide and there is then talk of privileges and preferences. The executive is able to strike the right balance point between them.
4. Be Sensible In Your Growth Projects: Many entrepreneurs and executives who have the responsibility of planning the future of the company in their hands, seem more interested in showing astronomical returns in the present. The growth of companies must be controlled and stable in the long term, the explosions are only air balloons that burst and fall to the ground. Don't sacrifice your future and be honest in the present
5. Don't Concentrate Functions: Perhaps this is the most renowned and unfulfilled of the commandments. Autocracy can work in the beginning, but as time passes the executive must delegate activities to his team, with this a double function is fulfilled. It develops the potential of its people and, on the other hand, gains freedom to dedicate itself to high-level strategic management.
6. Develop the Company's Human Resource: The business executive is responsible for the quality of the company's human resources. Without a good team, it is difficult for him to improve his own abilities. This work is done from the beginning: selecting, promoting, stimulating, and empowering your people. The truth is that their collaborators will never oppose being trained to improve their quality; take advantage
7. Stay At The Forefront Of Knowledge: The development of new knowledge did not stop when you left the classroom, even the sector where your company operates is in constant improvement. You should not only be up-to-date on information, but on training knowledge. This will earn the respect of your team and that of your competition.
8. Be Realistic: Your company's innovation cannot be governed by imagination and unrealistic expectations. When you think about expanding your lines, stick to achievable and consistent projects. It is good to dream but the business environment does not forgive mistakes, an innovative position is highly beneficial, but I acted on firm and concrete bases.
9. Be Honest: An aggressive business attitude is generally confused with illegal behavior, this should not be the case. Defend your integrity and abide by correct moral and ethical parameters. This position will enhance your image internally and externally. Don't let corruption creep into your organization. Be forceful in your business and play to win, but with legal tools, your reputation is at stake.
10. Give yourself time for your personal life: For many of today's entrepreneurs it is inevitable to mix your work life with the activities of your daily life, this reduces your performance and sometimes it can cost much more. Not everything is the company and its businesses, you also have the right to live your life and share with yours, offer them what you have achieved and enjoy all that with them. Those people also need your presence.
The young woman showed an expression of satisfaction and relief now if she understood that being a successful executive was possible but that it required her effort, and she understood that the most important thing to achieve her goal was to become an Integral Human Being.
