My father, a surveying engineer by profession, worked for a government agency in the State of Mexico and later established his own company. When asked to understand which of those experiences had been the best, he answered without hesitation that nothing gave him more satisfaction than undertaking, creating jobs and leading hundreds of projects despite the fact that not all times were economically brilliant.
On the other hand, speaking about professional development with a director whose responsibility was global in the transnational where I worked, he let me know that being part of an organization brings with it a series of challenges that are at the level of any undertaking, since it requires a level continuous preparation in different areas and that from his perspective, becoming an international executive was a path full of satisfaction.
Allow me to put before you some points of comparison in relation to these two universes that will undoubtedly generate a good debate.
BONUS? WHAT’S THAT?
In a conversation at the beginning of December of last year with my friend Lalo Durón, I told them that the famous Christmas bonus was about to arrive and that with it some pending family plans could materialize, to which he, being the founder and director of BIG Innovation & ; Marketing Engineering made me the joking comment that this kind of benefits is not always in the panorama of an entrepreneur. Of course they generate it for their employees but the revenue dynamics change for themselves.
On the other hand, the income of an executive or employee is labeled as “insured” almost as a synonym that there is no differential effort to obtain it and there it is worth making some precisions. Collaborators of commercial teams have more than 50% subject to sales results, which puts a high level of stress in obtaining the monthly salary, in addition to compliance bonuses for annual or semi-annual goals and that, therefore, configure a highly variable income.
So entrepreneurs and executives aren’t that different, right?
DEVELOPMENT: WHAT FUTURE DO I HAVE WHEN THE OWNER IS THE DIRECTOR?
It is not uncommon in agriculture, for example, for ranches or vegetable and fruit packing companies that are growing in an orderly manner, to join their ranks with managers who are not related to the farmer-founder, just to generate a neutral governance for the benefit of the fledgling organization. Hence, opportunities can arise in both places.
On the other hand, there are as many ramifications in a company as there are opportunities for an entrepreneur in the consolidation and subsequent expansion of a business and analyzing it through a neutral lens, both alternatives offer the opportunity to challenge ourselves in favor of our development.
And let’s be practical and avoid dramatizing: both in a company owned by a single owner and in companies that have a board of directors, they only have a position of CEO and few places in the management team, so that concern that you will never be able to move up, it is relative.
So entrepreneurs and executives aren’t that different, right?
THE SATISFACTION IS NOT COMPARABLE
This is my favorite point because on both sides of the coin there are unique experiences since as an entrepreneur, you have the possibility of generating jobs, crystallizing your dreams, testing your skills, consolidating your personal brand, impacting the community where a business originates. new business, and in other words, to achieve self-realization.
As an executive, learning from an industry, generating an appropriate work environment, developing a work team, competing with dozens of trained executives, proposing projects and breaking the status quo of an organization whose agility may not be its main attribute, can also help you lead to self-actualization.
So entrepreneurs and executives aren’t that different, right?
SOWING REFLECTION
One of the most interesting things in this pair of job alternatives is that you can grow by learning and you must learn by growing.
Thanks to the entrepreneurs for their courage and audacity. Thanks to the executives for their vision and dedication.
So entrepreneurs and executives aren’t that different, right?