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Life as a female
entrepreneur: Good and ‘bad’ traits of a woman in business
Anna Mackenzie
Childhood friends Anna Mackenzie and Lucy Wright launched
their tasty breakfast cereal brand Cuckoo Bircher muesli in 2013.
Quickly, the pair, who are mentored by Neil Burchell, the
ex-managing director
of Rachel’s Organic, managed to win over the buyers at
Selfridges, Waitrose, Tesco, Ocado,
and The Co-Op, giving the young brand a nationwide distribution reach to
envy.
It’s a great time to be a female in business;
there’s so
much opportunity for female entrepreneurs
to make their mark in today’s business world
and you only
have to look around to see how many are doing just that.
When considering my life as a female entrepreneur and
that of my business partner Lucy’s,
I don’t think one can justify stereotyping too much, as
qualities that are considered to be rifer
in females can be found in the average male and
vice-versa, but I do think there are certain behavioural traits that come very
naturally to us as female entrepreneurs that are very positive
and useful, and others that are more prohibitive and need
to be worked on.
Starting with the
positives…
We’re both good listeners and furthermore, we seek out
opportunities where we can listen
and take advice from anyone that is willing to give it.
And for this we have mentors
and have done since day one. We have just about the right
amount of confidence,
but not so much that we would make the mistake that we
didn’t need advice regularly;
we would never be too proud to turn it down.
Being good listeners and tuned in to what people are
saying and how they’re behaving
also helps us manage our employees and creates
a healthy and positive company culture. Importantly, it also means listening to
customers and being tuned in to their needs
too which is invaluable in a sales role.
We’re also good at building strong professional
relationships and creating opportunities
for collaboration and building and maintaining a
supportive network constantly.
And where more
work is needed…
Although in our professional relationships we come across
as confident entrepreneurs,
when asked in our personal lives how the business is
doing,
we always find ourselves hesitant to say that it’s going well and don’t exude the
positivity
and confidence that would probably be more beneficial to portray.
It’s not that I’m discouraging honesty, but It’s
important to accept a compliment
and keep up positive aura and energy around business and
whilst we’re confidently rocking it
on a day to day basis at work, we fail to recognise this
when we step out the door
and tend to immediately think of the issues and areas
not
going so well when asked the question.
The final tendency that I have a personal issue with
(and
have a feeling may be overrepresented amongst females)
is being too far along
on the analytical spectrum when it isn’t productive,
and having a tendency to overthink.
As an entrepreneur it’s crucial to be analytical but
there are some situations
which need to be let go, and moved on from, and often
I find myself going over details
where no productive outcome could arise from repeatedly going over that memory.
In these situations, it would much more useful to be able
to reflect briefly then move on.
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