The Trouble with Preseason
Ryan Kauth
business ownership advocate | university lecturer | business coach | fractional executive | podcast host | facilitator
As preseason NFL football comes to a close, I'm reminded that this is practice. For me as a fan this doesn't count really for anything. For those on the field, on the sidelines, and in the offices...it's great practice, ramping up for the launch of the part of the season that counts.
We don't get ramp-ups in business. We can experiment with co-creating our product offerings and A/B test our marketing, but we're always in launch mode. For some, that's exciting. For others, it's exhausting.
One way to continue on the path toward owner and strategic CEO versus getting caught up in the day-to-day putting out of fires and functional departmental roles, is to empower our direct reports with delegation, encouragement, coaching, training, and more development. How we do this is our company culture. How we stay out of the minutia, how we delegate, and how we work on or above or businesses as the strategic, visionary CEO is often learned on the job.
How have you learned to be the strategic CEO of your business? Drop a helpful comment below.
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