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What Is Leadership?

YoungUpstarts

This past year I asked Don Faul to come and speak about Leadership and what he has learned in his career as a Special Forces marine, and senior executive at Google, Facebook, Pinterest and Athos. The following seeks to capture the essence of his conversation with this year’s Fellows: What is Leadership? Becoming a Great Leader.

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The Missing Link: Revolutionizing Performance Management Through Execution Management

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Hodes, CEO of CMI Teamwork Chicago and author of “ Front Line Heroes “. A leadership team remaining focused on execution of the plan becomes the challenge given the day-to-day fires. Managers, at best, find it flawed and not well designed or executed. Typically, the leadership team feels exhilarated at their creation.

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Female Founder Interview – Olga Camargo Leads Latinas Fintech Advisory

The Startup Magazine

Olga has a great story as CEO and Founder of SHENIX , a Chicago-based fintech app company focused on financial education and advisory services for Latinas. Negocios Now named Olga among Chicago’s Most Influential 50 Latinos. Crain’s Chicago Business named Olga among “Chicago’s Most Powerful Latinos” in 2019.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

Bound by her commitment to give back and to help the environment, Claudia later took a leadership position in EALgreen, scaling the sustainability programs across the United States and, not only helping over 21,000 students with EALgreen-based scholarships, but also diverting over 100,000 tons of potential waste out of landfills.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. We spent a few hundred thousand dollars opening up operations in Chicago and Washington D.C. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs.

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How To Be A Great Leader

YoungUpstarts

Many people confuse leadership and management. During my career, I’ve worked with a few remarkable leaders and managers. Understand the difference between being a manager and a leader. Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating a change that you believe in. Managers have employees. Leaders make change.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

CHICAGO MetricsR was created from an acronym based on the 6 Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) that we leverage to help CIOs and CISO tell their story in business terms. These 6 KRIs are The CHICAGO MetricsR and are the result of an aggregation algorithm based on any number of tactical metrics. Thanks to EdwardMarchewka, CHICAGO MetricsR ! #3-

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