Your Business Is Not Your Boss is a resource for small business owners who want to swap stress and overwhelm for calm, focused, and effective action. Covering topics related to personal leadership, self-management, effective delegation, and healthy mindsets, Geoff Welch uses each episode to help small business owners accomplish more with less effort.
I hope you aren’t waiting around for the day when someone with authority finally rewards you with the title of leader.This is my hope for two reasons:1. Leadership isn’t a reward, it’s a massive responsibility.2. Leadership has nothing to do with assigned authority.Waiting to finally be rewarded with a stamp of approval is a great way to miss the opportunity to lead today.It’s easy to think of leadership as a destination, but leadership is a part of the journey.When everyone is frustrated and you find a way to diffuse the frustration, that’s leadership.When no one else in the meeting is willing to say the thing that needs to be said and you do choose to be the one who speaks up, that’s leadership.When the team is faced with a brand new obstacle for which there is no guidebook and you say, “what if we try…”, that’s leadership.When you see a better way of doing something (it doesn’t have to be your idea) and you rally people to adopt new behaviors, that’s leadership.When you notice someone playing small and you challenge them to think bigger, that’s leadership.The reward of leadership is not a title, notoriety, or a lifetime achievement award. The reward of leadership is the trust from those who choose to follow regardless of your title.OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION: Identify three ways you can lead in your current role and take action this week. They don’t have to be sexy or grandiose. Most leadership happens quietly, behind the scenes, and without much fanfare.
27 Jan 2025
The two people you need to know in 2025
I just opened a Christmas present from someone I didn’t know when 2024 began.It may sound strange coming from a 48-year old, but 2024 was great because I made a couple new friends this year.I know some folks who can’t chart a path to their mailbox and back without making a new friend, but that is definitely not me.I don’t really need to stack up friends like firewood, but investing in new friendships this year has really shown me how refreshing and energizing it can be to develop connections with people with whom I don’t have history.As a result, I want to challenge myself…and you…to pursue two specific kinds of relationships in 2025.1. Find a mentor. Identify someone you want to learn from and set up monthly or quarterly calls.2. Find a mentee. Identify someone you can teach and set up monthly or quarterly calls.It’s not as difficult as you may think.Once you identify someone you’d like to have as a mentor, just send them this simple email:I’ve always admired the way you [BLANK] and I know I could learn a lot from you. Would you be willing to meet for coffee and tell me more about your career path?The mentee email is just as simple:You’ve got so much potential and I see a lot of myself in you. Would you be interested in meeting for coffee to talk about your goals? I’d love to see if I can help you go further, faster.After that first meeting, assuming there is a connection worth pursuing, make a plan to meet again in a month or two to do it again.I can’t promise that anyone you send these messages to will agree to meet, but I think you might be surprised at how willing people are to share their experiences, and how excited people get when someone offers to help.OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION: Identify someone you want to learn from and someone you’d like to mentor in 2025. Shoot them a note and set up a call or a coffee date.PS: I made new friends this year, but your mentor and mentee don’t need to be strangers. The nature of the relationship is what makes it new.
20 Jan 2025
No one should outlearn you
Derek Jeter ended his career in pinstripes as an iconic Yankee, but it wasn’t because he was the most gifted athlete on the field.In fact, he was famous for arguing that talent wasn’t the true measure of a person’s potential:“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.” - Derek JeterThe gentle spin I’d like to place on this quote is to offer a pinch hitter for the word “work” in this quote.In the context of your small business, a key differentiator is not just how hard you work, but how consistently you are learning.My paraphrase would look something like this:There may be people with more capital than you, a more experienced team than yours, or a more robust network than yours, but there’s no reason anyone should be learning more aggressively than you.Opportunities to learn are everywhere and learning about ANYTHING is valuable. Maybe you’re curious about new laws relating to your industry. Fantastic. Go learn more.Or maybe you have been dying to learn to play the drums. Perfect. That’s good too.The positive impact on your small business is not simply derived from learning something you can employ in your work each day, but from exercising your brain in a new way and maintaining a posture of curiosity and interest in things you haven’t already mastered.The most effective way to block opportunity and growth is to become convinced you know enough.OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION: Identify something about which you are curious and pursue an opportunity to learn more about it. From free resources like YouTube and podcasts to paid offerings like online courses and seminars, there are myriad opportunities to expand your knowledge. Write it down and schedule time each week to pursue it.
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