Entrepreneurs: Two Kinds of Alphas
by Miki Saxon
I wrote the original of this post five years ago and posted this follow-up three years ago.
Considering the media frenzy around the lifestyles of tech CEOs I thought it was time to post it again.
A couple of years ago I wrote a post about leadership that included a quote from the main character, a forensic anthropologist, in the TV show Bones.
Anthropology tells us that the Alpha male is the one with the crown, the most shiny baubles, the fanciest plumage, but I learned that the real alpha male is often in the shadows because he is busy shining the light on others.
Founders are typically alphas, whether male or female.
With that in mind I have a simple question to ask you.
Which kind of alpha are you?
Read the original post and then decide.
If you don’t like your answer choose to change.
There’s always a choice.
Flickr image credit: Tambako The Jaguar
