If the Shoe Fits: Be The Change…
by Miki SaxonA Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here
‘I have always felt that the fact that I’m a boss is just the way it happens to be, and the person who is my subordinate could be my boss in another universe. So I try to not have it be a social or class distinction and have it be just more a reporting and professional distinction.” —Mitch Rothschild, CEO of Vitals
Founder/CEO/boss. Too many see their title/position, and the money that often goes with it, as something that sets them above others — better, smarter, better looking.
And they treat others accordingly.
Startup ego is out of control and those who write about it are mostly preaching to the choir.
What will change it is you.
You can change it by modeling Rothschild’s words in your own company.
By recognizing that anybody in any position can have good ideas.
By respecting all your people equally and listening to them,
By telling those who believe they are better that they aren’t.
By telling yourself, if necessary.
And by channeling Nike and just doing it.