Hiring Entrepreneurs is Good for Business

Wall Street Journal article quotes Scott Love on why former entrepreneurs are good employment prospects. Leadership expert shares thoughts on why they are good hiring possibilities.

(PRWEB) September 4, 2004 -- Many managers shy away from hiring former entrepreneurs. There is a fear of them not fitting in, stealing the show or being uncontrollable. But according to a Wall Street Journal article on Aug 31, 2004, hiring entrepreneurs can actually offer significant benefits.

According to Scott Love, a management consultant and professional speaker on leadership quoted in the article, former entrepreneurs offer the one thing that is hard to find in employees: a commitment and a sense of ownership. Executives involved in hiring must realize that the key to their success stems from developing feelings of ownership and personal responsibility in the hearts of their employees. Minimize your risk and hire someone who has already lived life that way in a previous venture."

Love recommends subjecting ego to the back burner and see how many people you can hire who can out-shine you. Leadership in its truest sense is really invisible. At the end of the day you want to the team to say, 'We did this ourselves. This is our company and we own it." By managing in this fashion, Love says that you will advance your career because your focus is on mission accomplishment, not career advancement.

Scott Loves nationally syndicated column on leadership runs in sixteen regional business journals and magazines. To access his archive of leadership articles, visit http://www.scottlove.com.

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