One of Michigan’s preeminent small business leaders says leadership can come from the top but also has to involve active listening. “I firmly believe that your company, a small business, is a living breathing thing — it needs, it wants, it provides, it takes, and left to its own devices, it could either wither and die or turn on the owner like an ill-trained animal,” says David Rhoa, president of the Marana Group and a past chair of the Small Business Association of Michigan. “Because of this, you have to listen to the story that’s constantly being told by your company and that’s being told by your employees, your customers, your markets, your financials.” Hear more small business leadership insights when David Rhoa talks with Michael Rogers on SBAM’s Weekly Podcast.
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