Spartanize Your Business part 3- Oligarchy in Your Organization
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The French during the time of Napoleon were also very enamored and based their system on the Spartan way. The founding fathers of our country, America based our government on the fact that the purely democratic Athens failed because pure democracy is a failed system. So they look at the Spartan way and why it was so successful for so many years stability.
They had a somewhat aristocratic ruling class elected by the people to represent them make decisions for them was the way to go. The many checks and balances present in the Spartan system were greatly admired by our founding father
You can model your organizational structure based on this. You will no doubt be the final word on your marketing schedule and other sales and marketing decisions. However, it’s good to have checks and balances even if it’s just your business coach advising you to do this or not do that.
Having advisors you trust (and are more successful than you) and will listen to, enacting their advice will be key to your success especially when first starting out in your new business venture.
Setup an oligarchy type structure with you at the top as ultimate decision maker and have a support team you can consult with so you don’t get blinded by your own beliefs. SOmetimes you are TOO CLOSE to a situation to make a good decision.
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