Wrong Distance: Creating an Employer-Employee Relationship
Managing people kind of sucks; it’s one of the hardest things to do as a business owner . And, it’s hard to generate a formal employer/employee relationship, especially the first time you ever hire somebody. You see it all the time; but, if you get too buddy-buddy with your employee, and you try to act like som e body’s friend – the next thing you know, your work ‘friend’ is taking three - hour lunches, or bagging at 3 pm, without any kind of notice . This kind of thing is particularly fraught in a remote work environment. Now, this can be remedied; but, it’s tough to fix (but, not impossible ), once the horse is already out of the barn . But, you also don’t need an internal HR person or COO , to make to create a professional distance between you and your staff(person). There are several things you can do, even as solo business owner, to build in some control over your employee(s) . For one, it helps to have job...
