Fifteen years ago, I left a corporate marketing management position to start my own company, and here’s why I did it.  There were lots of reasons, actually.  Reasons like wanting to work up to my own standard, wanting to stop making “five guys rich” as I used to say, wanting to spread my wings and grow professionally.  But the biggest reason was that I was tired of corporate politics.  I called it “kingdom building” and if you have worked in, or currently work in, a corporation then you may have experienced it once or twice.  I’m not sure what causes kingdom building, but corporations just breed people who equate importance with the number of people “under them” or with the number of projects on their “task lists.”  These people actually believe that because they have amassed a large team with many managers under them, that they are somehow securing their jobs.  They also believe that a long task list is like some sort of armor that will protect them when the downsizing axe falls.

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