Umuntu othile wanginika le seluleko eminyakeni engu-11 eyedlule ngenkathi ngisaqala inkampani yami, Goodshop. Iphuzu lakhe kwakungokuthi: Ngabantu abaningi kangaka ngaphambi kwami abaye bahamba emgwaqweni wezamabhizinisi ngokwabo, akudingeki ngivuselele isondo. Ngokumane ucele imibuzo, ube nengqondo evulekile, futhi ube ngumlaleli obambe iqhaza , ngiyakwazi ukunciphisa inqubo yami yokufunda ifinyelele okungenani isigamu.
Ngisafunda iminyaka engu-11 kamuva, futhi ngiyaqhubeka ngithola iseluleko esivela kwabanye osomabhizinisi-hhayi nje kokunye okuqhubekayo kunami, kodwa nakwabesomabhizinisi nje baqala uhambo lwabo lwebhizinisi elincane. Ngabuza abesifazane abayisikhombisa abasomabhizinisi, bonke engibahlonipha kakhulu, ukwabelana ngemininingwane kusuka ebhokisini lamathuluzi ekuqaliseni ukuhlakanipha. Nakhu okudingeka bakusho.
USheila Lirio Marcelo, uMsunguli, uSihlalo wesifazane, kanye noMphathi we-Care.com
Yiba nomthelela omkhulu ngemiphumela, kodwa khuza nabantu. Uma uqala ibhizinisi uzama ukuphumelela, kodwa uma ungeke ukwazi ukudlulisa ukulindela wena nokunye, ubungozi obushushu bese ugijima wonke umuntu.
Ukuphuma ezweni lokubonisana, lapho ngikhokhelwa khona imibono yami, ngangivame ukubona izinto ezimnyama nomhlophe. Ngacabanga ukuthi kunendlela eyodwa yokwenza izinto-indlela yami. Lokhu kwangenza ngingumphathi ohlukumezayo. Ngibonga abaqeqeshi ekuqaliseni kwami kokuqala onginike impendulo enzima: 'phuma.' Kwakungekho lula ukuzwa ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa kwangisiza ukuba ngiqonde ukuthi abantu basebenze nezinkinga-baxazulule ngokuhlukile.
Phakathi neminyaka, ngifunde ukubamba ithimba lami liphendule emiphumeleni ngaphandle kwe-micromanaging indlela abaye ngayo emphumela. Lokhu kuye kwangenza ngaba ngumuntu ongcwele njengomphathi nomholi, ngoba ukubonisa leli themba eqenjini lami kubalulekile ekwakheni ukwethemba kwabo kimi.
U-Sheila Lirio Marcelo ungumsunguli we-Care.com, indawo enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yokuthola indawo nokuphatha ukunakekelwa komndeni. Ngonyaka ka-2014, wabizwa ngokuthi "Owesifazane Ophezulu Abesifazane Abangu-10" e-Fortune Magazine.
U-Alexa von Tobel, i-CEO noMsunguli we-LearnVest.com
Uma usuthole ukugxila kwakho, yenza umsebenzi wesikole. Ngami, lokho kwakusho ukusho uhlelo lwebhizinisi lezinsuku ezingu-75 ngaphambi kokuba ngiqale i-LearnVest. Bambalwa abantu abayifunde ngempela, kepha behluleka ukuzivivinya umzimba. Ukuchaza isu lami kwabanye abantu abakuhloniphayo imibono engangiyihlonipha ukuba ngiphumelele ekucwaningweni kwami futhi kwangisiza ukuba ngilungiselele ukuxhuma esikhundleni sobuholi, lapho kwakufanele ngibe khona obiza izibhamu bese ngiphendula imibuzo ngomzuzu. Uma kufika phansi, uhlelo oluhle lwebhizinisi lufana nanoma yiluphi olunye uhlelo olusebenzayo: udinga ukwakha imigomo yokukhonkolo ukuze ukwazi ukulandelela inqubekelaphambili yakho nokuhlola kabusha endleleni.
Uma usuqala ukusebenza ibhizinisi lakho, uzizwa sengathi izinwele zakho zishonile! Ubeka imililo kwesokunxele nangakwesokudla futhi awusenakho ukunethezeka kokukwazi ukuma uphinde uthi, 'Iyiphi isu lami?' Kuleli phuzu, umane awunaso isikhathi. Ngakho kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi ube necebo elicacile ngaphambi kokuthatha isikhwama. Ngaleyo ndlela, uma usesebhizinisi, uhlomele kahle noma yini nayo yonke into ezayo.
U-Alexa von Tobel waqala i-LearnVest ngonyaka ka-2009. Ungumbhali we-New York Times incwadi edayiswa kakhulu kakhulu ngezezimali ngezezimali.
ULinda Rottenberg, oyisungula kanye nomphathi omkhulu we-Endeavor Global
Iseluleko sami esingcono kunazo zonke osomabhizinisi ukukhipha abantu. Ngesikhathi ngisungula inhlangano yami eminyakeni eyishumi eyedlule, ngichitha isikhathi esithile ngizama ukuhlanganisa ibhodi eliluleka emhlabeni jikelele weluleko. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ukuya ku-Endeavor, ngafunda ukuthi uPeter Brooke, uVC oyinhloko kanye nophayona elizimele, wayekhuluma eHarvard Business School, ngakho ngamlandela-konke eya eCambridge, ngaleso sikhathi i-Aldrich Lecture Hall, lapho eya endlini yokugeza-lapho Ngamphumelela ngempumelelo ukuze ngibe usihlalo. Manje ngithi ukuzulazula kuyindlela eqalile kakhulu yokuqalisa!
U-Linda Rottenberg owasekelwe ekusebenziseni okusebenzayo ngo-1997. Ungumbhali we-New York Times incwadi ethengisa kakhulu i-Crazy iyincoma.
UJennifer Manaavi, CEO kanye noMsunguli wePhysique 57
Ungavumeli ukwesaba kube yisici ekwenzeni izinqumo.
Ngokuvamile ngiyabona osomabhizinisi behluleka ukuqala ngenxa yokwesaba. "Kuthiwani uma singeke sikwazi ukukwenza?" "Kuthiwani uma kukhona okungahambi kahle"? Ngiyaqonda ukuthi kudingeka sicabangele izinzuzo nezindleko zezinqumo zethu, kodwa sidinga ukuziqaphela-ingabe sibheka izingozi noma singabe sesabeka kalula? Uma ukwesaba kukugcina ekuthatheni ibhizinisi lakho kuya ezingeni elilandelayo noma isinyathelo esilandelayo, uvumela ukwesaba ukwehlisa amandla enkampanini yakho.
UJennifer Maanavi wethule uPhysique 57, inkampani yokuzikhandla ekhuthaza impilo yomzimba kanye nokunika amandla, ngo-2006.
I-Courtney Nichols, umqambisene noMCo-CEO we-Smarty Pants
Yazi wena, futhi wazi ukuthi noma yini ongazi ngawe, uzofunda ngendlela enzima. Ukuqala, njengezingane, izibuko kuzo zonke iziphambeko zakho. Zizokwehliswa, ngakho-ke kudingeka ube nombono oguquguqukayo. Kufanele uphendule ngokuhluleka kwakho futhi ungapheli ekufundeni ukuthi ungawaxazulula kanjani ukuze ungangeni endleleni yokuphumelela kwakho. Wena inkampani yakho. Uma uziqamba amanga ngokwebuthakathaka bakho, uzobulala ibhizinisi lakho kulesi sinyathelo.
I-Courtney Nichols yasungula i-SmartyPants, inkampani yezempilo nempilo eyenza amavithamini e-gummy, ngo-2009.
UNicole Centeno, uMsunguli kanye noMphathi we-Splendid Spoon
Buka ukuhluleka njengesipho. Lapho ibhizinisi libuhlungu, lizokuphoqelela ukuba lihanjiswe, futhi uma ulalela, lizokubuyisela kuwe. Eminyakeni emibili yokuqala ngangiwumsunguli wezono, futhi ibhizinisi laphula ngokuphelele. Nganginabantwana ababili abangaphansi kweminyaka emibili, umshado onzima, futhi ngangizama ukwenza konke. Ibhizinisi lase likhulile, kodwa layeka.
Ngangibeka unyawo olulodwa phambi komunye futhi ngavula ithuba lokumema omunye umholi endaweni yami. U-Sathish Naadimuthu, manje ongu-CMO wethu, wajoyina ngoJulayi 2015, futhi sasebenza kanzima ukwenza ibhizinisi elibonakalayo eliyinhloko elihamba phambili ukuze liqondise kubathengi. Phakathi nenyanga yokuqalisa kabusha [isayithi], ibhizinisi lethu liye laphindwe kabili.
UNicole Centeno wasungula iSpoon Splendid ngo-2013.