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7 Tough Leadership Challenges Gauge Your CEO Ability

Startup Professionals Musings

Only the best leaders and CEOs pay real attention to how and when people commit, how employees accept accountability, and how they win. Provide leadership to drive a transformation. Great CEOs humbly invest the time and energy to walk the halls, travel to customers, and hold regular employee meetings, with real listening.

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7 Leadership Opportunities Founders Must Never Ignore

Startup Professionals Musings

In other words, how do you recognize the challenges that really need your leadership , versus the less critical demands that seem to always bubble to the top? Be sure to take the time yourself to keep up with leadership trends and needs. Top employees are leaving for better opportunities.

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8 Strategies For Sustaining Momentum In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new business I know dreams of building momentum in their business, where growth continues to increase, customers become your best advocates, and employee motivation is high. Ongoing momentum requires a move to mainstream, or even late adopters, who demand simplicity in your base function.

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The Need For Empathic Business Leadership In The COVID Environment

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The idea formed the foundation of the modern economy which runs on consumer demand. In the economy which is driven by consumer demand, business leaders can dig their own grave by laying off workers, as in laying off employees, means weakening the purchasing power of the consumers. Empathic Business Leadership.

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Myths Prevent Entrepreneur Thinking About Employees

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business.

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7 Tips On Advancing Your Career To Being A Great Boss

Startup Professionals Musings

I found some good insights and details on this approach in the classic book, “ How To Be A Great Boss ,” by Gino Wickman and René Boer, who speak from years of experience working with leadership teams of both small and large companies. Understand both leadership and management. Train yourself to follow leadership best practices.

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7 Myths And Reality On Employees Thinking Like Owners

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business.

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