Fear of responsibilities

As a general rule, entrepreneurs who start their business for the first time, come from a stable job where they developed as employees for other people. The psychological changes that we go through in the transition from employee to boss are complex to assimilate, because we must begin to train ourselves in an attitude focused on responsibility and direction.

We stop receiving orders to be the one who gives them, from working for other people to having others working for us. Taking into account this scenario of inexperience and sudden changes in our reality, it is normal that certain fears of responsibility arise.

The future of our company will be determined by our management and planning skills, as well as by the guidance we give on a day-to-day basis. If you want to be a good leader, you have to start by making yourself aware that you have to take on responsibilities firmly and learn to handle the stress that this can generate.

During this guide we will be addressing some general aspects that revolve around the fear of responsibilities, as it is a topic of great impact on the beginnings of every entrepreneur.

Make your decisions firmly

You have to learn to make decisions in your company with firmness and security. A hesitant attitude at the moment of establishing orientations or planning the internal processes of your business, can lead to the generation of insecurities within your labor staff. Making decisions is not an easy task and can obviously lead to a lot of stress, due to the uncertainty of the results that may arise as a result of the decisions we make.

However, someone has to make the decisions because every company needs the guidance and vision of its leader, which does not mean that you cannot help yourself and share responsibilities with other managers or qualified personnel for this task.

Share responsibilities

Although you must be firm when it comes to making decisions that concern your company, it is not advisable to concentrate all responsibilities on yourself. When we concentrate all the power in our own person, we can become blinded in our own perspective, being unable to analyze the situation from a different point of view than our own. Every leader knows that the key to good management is to surround yourself with intelligent and capable people. In this way we will have a management group to help us relieve the stress that comes with taking responsibility for each of our decisions.

Another very effective measure within a company is to divide the work by sectors and assign people in charge of each of the tasks, in this way it is possible to control and direct the most important actions, while delegating responsibilities to other people. Identify and train your most qualified workers so that they can be in charge of supervising the most important processes. Knowing how to delegate responsibilities is necessary for the growth of your company, as well as for your health and mental stability.

You have to be true to your vision

The last topic we will discuss in this guide, with respect to taking responsibility, is the need to stay true to our vision. Our vision for the company is the image we create for ourselves about how we want it to develop and what future we aspire for it. All our actions and processes are aimed at fulfilling our vision, if a decision is wrong it can be corrected in the future, however abandoning our vision can lead us to lose the initial objectives for which we have decided to start our business. The vision of the company is the guideline for the work to be developed and the values with which we will approach each of the upcoming challenges.