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Building a company - it is not a democratic process
- ONDERNEMERSLESSEN MET ADRIE REINDERS
22-5-2010 - Ondernemerslessen
This week we had a special speaker at our E.Factor event in Amsterdam, Roel Pieper - a well-known entrepreneur and investor. During the Q&A, Roel\'s statement to one member that building a company is not a democratic process, stuck with me. I had never realised that truth of that statement, probably because subconsciously I have always applied it.
When you think about it though - building a company needs a leader that understands what he/she wants to achieve and goes for it. That that doesn\'t always go smoothly, and will require sacrifices along the way is inevitable.
Of course - as a leader you will try and make well founded and considered decisions and you do have listen to what your direct reports have to say. Sometimes you base a decision on intuition, which you have to realise is harder for people around you to follow. But if you only want to do what everyone around you agrees on, or wants you to do, you will never reach your goal as you will always be pulled in different directions, based on the individual\'s interest. The saying it\'s lonely at the top has everything to do with the fact that ultimately, it is you that will make the final decision and you that is responsible for the result.
Sometimes you have these companies that grow according to a certain cell structure, and where all management apparently has a lot of input and say - but believe me, that is all posturing and show. Underneath, the more decentralized the company, the stronger and more central the leadership needs to be.
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