Are you a CEO or a Firefighter?

by | Sep 24, 2024

ARTICLE | September 24, 2024

Many dream of becoming a firefighter. Rushing from house to house, extinguishing the flames that erratically arise, saving children and kittens alike. The reactionary nature of the profession sounds thrilling to 7-year-old ears. For many of those “would-be” firefighters, it seems that their dream has become a reality (and nightmare)… Business owners now rush from department to department extinguishing fires in their organizations, never able to save all the kittens. Seemingly, being a firefighter is not as glorious as previously thought. Yet, this is how most businesses operate.

Think of your business, do you spend much of your time thinking about your strategy or reacting to incidents? It is often fatal when a leaders’ attention is focused on the day to day. Boat captains that spend  time focused on the unclean deck miss the warnings from the lighthouse beacon. The future is unknown, and the market is shifting; if you are not watching, who is? 

At KHA Strategic Consultants, our advisors offer insights to business owners that keep them ahead of the curve. Our specialty lies in transitioning leaders from being inside of the business looking down to on top of the business looking to the horizon. The future is ahead, stop reacting. Regain today, win tomorrow with KHA.

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