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7 Ways To Elevate Your Team Connection And Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me a while back in the classic book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Practice leadership by walking around (LBWA).

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8 Team Member Types Test Your Entrepreneur Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

The most valuable assets of a new startup are the people on the team, and the most challenging task of the entrepreneur and team leaders is to spend their leadership time and energy productively. Most new startup founders start out by assuming they need to spread their leadership efforts evenly across all team members.

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7 Key Practices for Entrepreneurs Tackling Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of the entrepreneurs and business owners I work with recognize that they must occupy and practice a primary leadership position , but many will admit that they are not thriving in this role. Accept the fact that authenticity is necessary for leadership effectiveness. This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor.

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10 Leadership Traits To Inspire Every Startup Founder

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. No entrepreneur can build a business alone. Hoping for good luck and applying pressure is not leadership.

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6 Ways To Build And Capitalize On Personal Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience as an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs in business, one of the biggest failures I see is a lack of self-leadership. I define self-leadership as the capacity to set direction and make decisions, to positively drive your own performance. Leadership in business starts with making good personal choices.

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7 Startup Leadership Keys To Ramp Up Team Commitment

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me a while back in the classic book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Practice leadership by walking around (LBWA).

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7 Leadership Failures To Abolish In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, leadership is best demonstrated while not in a position of authority, and is a skill that must be sharpened every day of your life. The leadership one is setting a poor example by your own actions (“Do as I say, not as I do.”) Worry and fret about everything. Criticize others and the company.