Thursday, January 24, 2013

To Hire or Not to Hire...that is the question





One of the biggest struggles we see here at BizWorks with our member small business owners is what services they should hire out and what tasks they should do themselves.  So many times small business owners think they should do everything themselves.  We try to help them understand that a as a small business owner you can be everything to everyone.  It’s important for you to take time to look at what skill sets you have and what you lack.  This is a time to be honest with yourself.  If you aren’t good with numbers or they give you a headache, hire a bookkeeper. If you don’t’ have the sales personality or skill set hire someone to help you.  

When people try to take on more than they can manage and frankly more than they have the talent to handle, they end up burned out and not happy being a business owner.  There really aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything a small business owner needs to do to run their business efficiently.  Also, when you spend all your time doing the drudge work of the day to day operations it leaves you no time to actually do the thing you got into business to do!  So, take a good hard look at what you love to do, what you hate to do and figure out what pieces you can hire out.  It WILL make you a happier business owner.  


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