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Ask Gerber: When Should I Hire a Professional Manager?

 November 21, 2019

Few entrepreneurs have the skill sets necessary to build a company from scratch andscale it. You can get it so far, but once your business is established and ready to grow, you will need help to get it to the next level.

 

If you can’t channel your inner Steve Jobs or Bill Gates (don’t worry, most of us can’t), you will need to hire a professional manager.

 

What is a Professional Manager?

Professional managers are experienced professionals from outside your company who have proven experience running divisions and managing operations. These individuals are the rock stars who have already done (and been successful at) what you need to do. Hiring them to oversee a part of your business makes a night and day difference in efficiency and growth. 

 

The Upside

A professional manager has strengths and expertise that you and your current team don’t have. It’s cheaper and faster to hire someone with the experience you need than it is to train someone on your team. A professional manager has worked in a bigger business, and knows the answers to questions you don’t even know to ask. You don’t know what you don’t know, but the professional manager doesknow, and can help move your business forward.

 

The Downside

 

 

But don’t give up your business’s culture. A professional manager has the potential to radically change it, so it’s critical to hire the right person. Talk to a recruiting or HR professional who really understands how to fill the gap between where you are today and where you want your business to be in the future. They can help thoroughly interview and scrutinize each candidate and recommend who would succeed in your current culture.

 

As a shareholder of a company, it’s your duty and responsibility to nurture the professional manager’s transition to your business’s culture. Manage the shift to professional management while keeping the entrepreneurial spirit alive. If you are successful, you may even hire more professional managers. And you’ll enjoy your business’s rapid growth with less stress, anxiety and headaches.

 

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