{"id":4697,"date":"2021-09-09T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T23:35:43","slug":"why-would-you-ever-fire-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=4697","title":{"rendered":"Why would you ever \u201cfire yourself?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

To start: \u201cnew source of energy\u201d and \u201cnew ideas.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a new CEO or manager is hired into a company, for a while lots of energy flows from\"\" the top and new ideas seem to be generated daily.\u00a0 It is one reason not to fear the unknown when upper-level management long in place turns over, often leaving most everyone worried about the future of the company and for their own prospects.<\/p>\n

Even the best of us falls into a routine in our jobs.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

It is human nature to do so, but it is not a sign of our best efforts.\u00a0 We recall the enthusiasm we had for the job earlier, how we couldn\u2019t wait to get to work, or initiate a new plan, or share a new idea.\u00a0 We can be that person again.\u00a0 It just takes a bit of effort to change our mindset.<\/em><\/p>\n

We may run out of fresh ideas after a time; most of us do.\u00a0 But there are sources of great ideas right next to us in our own company, or available to us from fellow CEOs, or from industry consultants with a broader view of the landscape, uninhibited by our need to meet daily obligations.<\/p>\n

A favorite story about such a CEO<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Email readers, continue here…]\u00a0<\/em><\/span> \u00a0One of my most respected CEO friends arrived at his monthly CEO roundtable meeting years ago and announced that he had just fired himself.\u00a0 He had reconfigured the company, delegating many of his previous responsibilities, and rehired himself in a new position more strategic to the company, retaining the CEO title.\u00a0 It was an attitude adjustment, self-initiated. He credits that effort as the start of his company\u2019s real growth, resulting in a great public company, dominant in his field.<\/p>\n

Creating a new perspective to guide the future<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Another CEO described how he drove to work each Monday morning forcing himself to think of what he would do if he were a newly hired CEO, fresh on the job that day.\u00a0 He surprised himself with his many fresh ideas, just with that change of perspective.<\/p>\n

However you do it, refresh yourself.\u00a0 Be that new CEO – but with all the knowledge and skills you already have as a head start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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