Ditching Hourly

Hello and welcome to Ditching Hourly, I'm Jonathan Stark. If you listen to my other podcast, The Business of Authority, you've probably heard me use the term employee mindset from time to time, but I don't think I've ever defined exactly what I mean by it. So here goes. When I use the term employee mindset, what I mean is someone who sees themselves as lower on the food chain than the boss. The relational dynamic this creates is that the boss gives orders and the employee is expected to do as they're told. So is an employee mindset a good thing or a bad thing? It depends. Having an employee mindset is probably a good thing if you're an employee or a soldier or member of some other hierarchical organization. On the other hand, an employee mindset is probably a bad thing if you're a consultant or expert or authority like the typical business of authority listener. In a consultative engagement, the appropriate relational dynamic is that of two peers partnering to achieve an outcome collaboratively, not a high status individual giving orders to a low status individual. An expert being bossed around by a non-expert doesn't do either party any good. That's it for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark and I hope you join me again next time on Ditching Hourly. Bye. Hey, Jonathan again. Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like value pricing your work instead of billing for your time or positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space or maybe productizing your services so you never have to have another awkward sales call or spend hours writing another custom proposal. Book a one-on-one coaching call with me and get answers to these questions and others in the time it takes you to get ready for work in the morning. Best of all, you're covered by my 100% satisfaction guarantee. If at the end of the call you don't feel like it was worth it, just say the word and I'll refund your purchase in full. To book your one-on-one coaching call, go to jonathanstark.com slash call. C-A-L-L. That URL again is jonathanstark.com slash call. Hope to see you there.