Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2017
I believe these factors are key to the future success of every new startup, as well as every mature company: Leadership must be values-based and people focused. The command and control leadership of the past is proving to be too inflexible, devoid of values, and not empathic to people issues – customers, employees, and partners.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 15, 2017
True business leadership is more about relationships and knowing who knows, rather than personally knowing all the answers. These days, flexibility and agility to meet new customer requirements is a key to success. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/02/2017. Expand your network on both sides (Networking).
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OnlyOnce
AUGUST 31, 2017
Over the years, I’ve written a lot about the Agile methodology on this blog. For those of you who are regular readers, you may remember a post I wrote about our Agile Everywhere initiative — where all Return Path teams were tasked with implementing agile practices. weren’t at all familiar with agile practices.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 31, 2018
In 2017, Austin City Council passed the Smart Cities Strategic Roadmap. Getting the blessing of department heads and other leadership gives staff freedom to participate fully in the process. We’re super lean and agile,” says Ortiz Shields, who works with two researchers in the city’s Office of Design & Delivery.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 17, 2017
I found that view confirmed for a wide range of leadership situations in a new book, “ The Mindset of Success ,” by Jo Owen. At minimum, you must learn to wear the mask of leadership – cool, calm control. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/16/2017. Stay positive and believe in yourself.
ConversionXL
MAY 1, 2017
Such lapses in strategic vision and product innovation often lead to a company experiencing what is called a growth stall, a phrase coined by Matthew Olson, Derek van Bever, and Seth Verry of CEB , a leadership advisory network. billion, a 35 percent drop. Swimming with Sharks. Growth teams are like those sharks. Pick it up on Amazon today.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 18, 2017
Master Reinvention Agility. We call this strategy Reinvention Agility. Would you rather be Amazon (the disruptor) or Retail Stores (the disrupted) in 2017? They are voracious readers and have a sense of the expected. Judo is the only martial art form that is defensive in its attack. Be the Disruptor, Not the Disrupted.
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