I fill something of a leadership role in my company \u2013 and I find myself re-inventing a lot of wheels. My stock line is that in another few years I\u2019ll have re-discovered everything that they tell you on the first day of MBA school. I\u2019m okay with that re-invention, and here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have a gut level suspicion of \u2018usual\u2019 business management practices. Most businesses run, not for the benefit of the individuals doing the work, but for some other entity. Generally that other entity is either specific (\u201cthe owner\u201d), more diffuse (\u201cthe shareholders\u201d), or somewhat terrifying (\u201cThe Company\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want to run a team that uses the structure of \u2018corporation\u2019 for the benefit of the team members, not the other way around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, for example, we backed into internal budgets and \u2018costing\u2019 for non-revenue-generating activities. This grew from a need to associate both cost and value with activities like writing proposals and attending trade shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And to think \u2026 I used to be some kinda programmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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