Seven Traps That Kill Small Businesses

Trap #6: Playing the Wrong Role as Business Owner

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This is the sixth video in a seven-part series that examines poor management practices and habits which kill thousands of small businesses each year. For other videos in this series, see the links to the left.

Every small business thrives best when the right players are in the right positions. And that starts at the top, with owners who avoid the wrong roles for themselves.

This video explores some of the psychological and management factors that push owners into inappropriate roles. It then sets out a series of questions for every small business owner to ask in order to be sure that he or she is indeed playing the right role in the company.