Title: Founder’s Syndrome: How Organizations Suffer…and Can Recover (Part I) – How Matters
Headings: Founder’s Syndrome: How Organizations Suffer…and Can Recover (Part I)
Founder’s Syndrome: How Organizations Suffer…and Can Recover (Part I)
Author: Jennifer Lentfer

Content: Can you separate the issues your organization or team addresses from your own stake in the issues? From your stake in the organization? Do you use the words, “my organization,” “my team” or “my staff”? Do you brag about the fact that the staff or organization “needs” you? Do you also complain about this? Can you envision what your life would be like if you didn’t have the organization or team to run? Is it part of who you are? Are you afraid that if you leave, the organization will change into something that is no longer what you want it to be? *********************************
From one founder to another
For me, this issue is personal. Let me write this as someone who has learned the hard way.