OWNERSHIP/EMPLOYER OR WORKER/EMPLOYEE MINDSET

WHAT IS A OWNERSHIP MINDSET AND HOW DO YOU GET IT?

Here are some traits of people with an employee mentality:

• I work for a paycheck — period.
• There’s no need to give more than I have to, because the company will take advantage of me.
• The business is lucky to have me.
• Somebody is mandated to take care of me.
•  I am entitled simply because I work here.
• I only do what I am told to do.

Believe it or not, even some business owners have an employee mentality. When an employer does not sacrifice personal preference for the good of the business, that employer has an employee mentality. When an employer works a 32-hour week, takes vacations when due, takes little interest in continuing education, and actually jumps at the opportunity to close the office, that’s an employee mentality.

Employees typically take assignments and complete them without a thought as to how their personal efforts impact the success of the business. Employees also concentrate on the status que in the workplace. They don’t rock the boat, and they exert just enough effort and energy to get by.

Owners, on the other hand, enthusiastically give the extra effort and choose to do things to attract more business, clients, and profits. Owners see the big picture and know the work they do is making a meaningful contribution to the company’s advancement. Owners also concentrate on developing new, positive solutions to current operation. They think outside the box; they take risks and become problem-solvers.