I’m sure you will agree that not all business leaders are created equal, starting from the CEO on down. But I have found the more challenging question to be what distinguishes the best leaders from all the rest, especially before they have been selected and tested in a new role. My own conclusion,
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6 Mindsets That Separate the Most Effective Leaders
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 483 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Top Capabilities Of Most Successful Business Owners
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 484 days ago
Made Hot by: Digitaladvert on June 6, 2023 2:09 pm
In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process skills. In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Likely Criticisms Every Founder Needs To Anticipate
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 485 days ago
Made Hot by: thecorneroffice on June 4, 2023 11:10 am
In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. In fact, leaders are not remembered for their
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Keys To Personalized Team And Customer Connections
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 486 days ago
The days of leadership without engagement are gone. With interactive social media and video everywhere, everyone needs to feel they have a relationship with their leaders, and every brand needs leader personification for customers to relate. Soon you won’t be able to name a business as one of your
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Priorities When Offering A New Product Or Service
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 487 days ago
Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. Often, despite your passion and expectation, customers don’t immediately see the value and need that you see, and you have no id
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10 Business Practices Owners Often Learn The Hard Way
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 488 days ago
I agree with those of you who tell me that you learn the most from your own mistakes, but that shouldn’t keep you from starting with some best practices, and the feedback from others who have been there and done that. In my experience, mistakes in business are an expensive and painful way to learn,
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Keys To Making You A Team Leader And Future Manager
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 489 days ago
Made Hot by: steefen on June 2, 2023 1:07 pm
One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people, even if they have worked as a business professional for years. Having worked in my own career on both sides of the fence at various times, I
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7 Keys To Creating A Connected Team For Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 490 days ago
Many of you business leaders I work with, and entrepreneurs I mentor, have a great strategy and an innovative solution, but struggle with building and motivating the team necessary to run your business. You assume everyone has your passion, and simply needs your command and control to make it work.
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Keys To Capitalizing On Nondisruptive Business Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 491 days ago
Made Hot by: problogger78 on June 1, 2023 11:49 am
Most of the entrepreneurs and aggressive business owners I meet in my consulting practice are focused on finding new disruptive solutions and killing competitors as the key to success. If you are one of these, you may be missing win-win opportunities to incrementally expand existing markets, create
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Ways To Get The Capital You Need For Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 492 days ago
Made Hot by: OpenSourceMedia on May 30, 2023 6:59 am
One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” I always answer that there isn’t any magic, and contrary to the popular myth, nobody is waiting in the wings to throw money at you, just because you have a new and exciting busin
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