How to handle employee when founding CEO has low educational qualification than employee?
Will there be any ego problems when founding CEO ( not necessarily CEO - any person who founded the company and now running it) has low educational qualification than his new employees?
What to do to avoid such ego problems? If those occurred how to solve them?
I always get the example of Dell founder, then Mr. Gates both of them left college in middle. Still they were successful. But did they never faced this ego problem?
In my case I will be hiring the first person for my company. Should I ask him in advance that if he is ok working with low educational qualification boss?
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You are not a world. You are just one person in this whole world. I am talking about others who are not as good as you. It is true that you did not asked your boss about his qualifications because it is established company. I am talking about new startup. Why would new employee join my new startup and respect me when my educational qualification is less them him? You are not participating in race to down vote questions. First try to understand what the questions means. – Abhijit Navale 12 years ago
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Then say it to the point. With explanation and details rather than running to down vote something that you don't understand. – Abhijit Navale 12 years ago
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You seem to assume that the person at a given company with the most prestigeous degrees should be running that company. This is **rarely** the case. – Gary E 12 years ago
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Sorry to inform you @GaryE but no I am not assuming that. I am not assuming anything. I am just asking. I have seen ego problems happening due to difference in educational qualification in my previous job. – Abhijit Navale 12 years ago
2 Answers
This sort of attitude is discriminatory - what the person brings to the table is more important than school, sex, creed, or orientation. In my case, if someone asked me if I had a concern over the educational credentials of the CEO, I would take it as an organization that had a flawed sense of values and would decline to work with them.
Will there be any ego problems when founding CEO ( not necessarilyIt depends on person to person. This one is from my personal experience - I started my career with a firm where my boss is little lower than my educational background but I really neglected it and just try to push my best efforts into my work and for better prospects I followed these lines -
CEO - any person who founded the company and now running it) has low
educational qualification than his new employees?
try try till you succeed however another employee who joined but keep pointing the same what you mentioned in your concern still struggling in the same company due to his attitude.
What to do to avoid such ego problems? If those occurred how to solveFor CEO - try to set an example and prove yourself.
them?
For employee - try and learn to neglect such things because these things finally going to stuck your career path.
I always get the example of Dell founder, then Mr. Gates both of themThese people set examples and were very clear with the thoughts and implementation. Same punch line -
left college in middle. Still they were successful. But did they never
faced this ego problem?
try try till you succeed followed by these people :)
In my case I will be hiring the first person for my company. Should IJust let him know what exactly you are willing to transform show him a better future with rock solid ideas and show your concern and care towards him. If you convince him with the ideas and your work transformation is on the right path with what you told him during the interview process, I believe NO employee will ever points you :)
ask him in advance that if he is ok working with low educational
qualification boss?
