Can’t Show Up For Work? Here’s Why Your Business Should Have Your Back!

Entrepreneurship is in some ways like any other job.

You show up, you work, you go home. You pay yourself at the end of the month and enjoy witty banter with your colleagues… But that’s pretty much where the similarity ends.

Unlike your employees, you must carry the weight of your company’s fortunes (or indeed misfortunes) upon your shoulders. When something goes awry, no matter whose fault it is, the buck stops with you. But that doesn’t mean that the weight of your responsibilities should turn you into a relentless micromanager.

If you rule over your business domain with an iron fist, and involve yourself within every single facet of your operation it begs the question… What happens to your business if you can’t show up tomorrow?

The Unexpected

Let’s say you get food poisoning, or catch a virus that renders you bedridden for a week. Let’s say you’re involved in a road accident and need time to recover while also dealing with this accident attorney to a legal case. What will happen to your organization? If you’re running your business properly, your business should have your back. Here’s why…

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How’s Your Staff?

Some entrepreneurs like to feel a sense of superiority over their employees and thus (consciously or not) hire people they feel that they can feel superior to. Not you. You invest in the best, because you recognize that the needs of your business eclipse the needs of your ego.

You invested a great deal of time, effort, and expense in your recruitment process, ensuring that you hire top-tier candidates. As a result, if you’re unable to show up at your place of business for a while, your employees have the skills, attitude, and work ethic to ensure that your customers and clients don’t even notice the difference.

Critical Training Issues

As a savvy entrepreneur, you know that hiring the best candidates is only half the battle. Even the hardest working and most skilled employees won’t develop without proper training. You recognize that your employees need training, in order to keep them at the top of their game and maintain the standards that made your business a market leader.

Where some entrepreneurs may look at training as a one-and-done exercise at the start of an employee’s journey, you recognize it as an ongoing process that’s integral to their ongoing development. That’s why your business is in the best possible hands when you’re not available.

Personal Commitment

You selected the cream of the crop when it comes to choosing your candidates, and you’ve dedicated your time and resources to giving them the very best training. You’ve also engendered a workplace culture that values teamwork, collaboration, creative problem solving, and mutual support.

You might not be there to give your employees the support and guidance that you need, but they can provide it for each other.

Everyone Wins

Do your job right, and you’ll be able to relax and recuperate while your employees do theirs! Your workers can take on more responsibility and advance in their careers, and you business keeps on operating. Everyone wins.

This post is for educational purposes only.

Ken Boyd

Author: Cost Accounting for Dummies, Accounting All-In-One for Dummies, The CPA Exam for Dummies and 1,001 Accounting Questions for Dummies

Co-Founder: accountinged.com

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