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7 Ways To Elevate Your Team Connection And Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Murray, who is a recognized expert in the field of business leadership. Leadership is making sure they have resources and understand the strategy. Marty Zwilling

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8 Key Human-Centered Leadership Elements In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s rapidly changing environment, I see many business leaders reverting to the “ command and control ” leadership model, in an effort to be more responsive, rather than leading with their heads and heart. You must be committed to developing a growth mindset in others around you to help them aspire to new challenges and achievements.

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8 Strategies to Boost Your Leadership Impact at Work

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business consultant and mentor to many young entrepreneurs, I often get questions about leadership challenges , and what you can do to solidify your leadership position and impact. It seems that today’s worker generation is more demanding, and less willing to accept guidance and direction from anyone with a leadership title.

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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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9 Distinct Leadership Styles You Find In New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs inherently understand that they have to be the initial leader of their startup, but often they don’t have the experience or the training to know where their leadership competencies lie, or how to build a leadership team. They are excellent mentors and coaches, but have a strong need to be admired and respected in return.

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10 Leadership Traits To Inspire Every Startup Founder

Startup Professionals Musings

Hoping for good luck and applying pressure is not leadership. As a role model, you must continuously upgrade your own skills, be alert for new developments and hone your listening ability. Leadership doesn’t come with success, but success does come with leadership. Allocates adequate resources to overcome constraints.

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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.”) Leadership and improvement is about taking small steps forward, and evolving just a bit each day.