Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

While some individuals may possess innate leadership qualities, most successful leaders have honed their skills over time and continue to strive for improvement. But this is only half true – while there are those qualities that make some people better suited to leadership roles, being a successful leader also involves hard work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Moving these employees to first place, ahead of their solution focus, doesn’t happen automatically or easily. Once a product-first, customer-second, and employee-last culture is set, it is extremely hard to change. Accept the vulnerability of confronting leadership mistakes. Transform team member mindsets, behavior, and results.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Maintaining a safe work environment is not just a regulatory requirement but a moral obligation that impacts employees’ lives and well-being. By investing in such education, companies not only adhere to ethical standards but also empower their employees, leading to a more competent and safety-conscious workforce.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families.

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 10, 2023

When leaders lead with kindness, they create an environment where employees thrive, customer loyalty soars, and overall business performance is elevated. Fostering a Positive Work Environment: Kindness sets the tone for a positive work environment where employees feel valued, respected, and supported.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Moving these employees to first place, ahead of their solution focus, doesn’t happen automatically or easily. Once a product-first, customer-second, and employee-last culture is set, it is extremely hard to change. Accept the vulnerability of confronting leadership mistakes. Transform team member mindsets, behavior, and results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Does your business have a visible positive strategy, or do your customers and employees still see your primary focus as closing more sales and killing competitors? The right positive strategy is integral to claiming leadership as well as making it happen. Customer and employee value propositions. Market and customer positioning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most new businesses need three to five advisors or board members to regularly evaluate progress and resource needs, as well as your own leadership. Client cost differentials of less than twenty percent are usually not enough to incent change. Also take the time to get feedback on your own leadership and work on the culture.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 15, 2022

However, the same generation is also infamous for low rates of employee engagement. After all, employee engagement has a direct correlation with business success. This insight by Forbes explains why employee engagement is a buzzword in the modern business world. The same is the case when it comes to your employees.

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Up and Running

APRIL 22, 2021

Such include customers, employees, suppliers, and the public at large. A business can differentiate itself from competitors with product quality. Happy employees equal high-quality work. Greater employee satisfaction. It is important to have business management standards to help with employee management.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Employees come and go. A good example of self-disruption is finding ways to differentiate yourself from competitors. Regularly ask employees what they think your biggest challenges are. Urge employees to get in on the self-disruption, too. Marketplaces shift. Customer needs evolve. New technology emerges.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Your brand is how you differentiate, build awareness , and sear your solution into customers’ minds so they think of you when that time comes. For established companies, a rebranding effort could involve discovering elements like the values your customers live by and what your leadership team believes in.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The only way to undercut their efforts is to exercise strategies of cost leadership or differentiation, which translates to slashing the prices or offering something more innovative. Failing to do either of those two things will virtually guarantee that the venture has no success in the long run.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

More About Jon Picoult: Learn more about Jon’s book, FROM IMPRESSED TO OBSESSED: 12 Principles For Turning Customers And Employees Into Lifelong Fans. He helps companies impress their customers and inspire their employees creating raving fans that drive business growth. Learn more about Jon and his company. So Jon, welcome to the show.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s your reputation and ultimate differentiating factor. Survey your employee base to find out if your values are authentic. Do they help your employees know how to act? Do they inspire behaviors that will help you differentiate? It also demonstrates leadership from Buffer by being so transparent.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2013

Adding permeable asphalt was only one of the changes that contributed to the company becoming certified by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). The new plant gives the organization environmental leadership status. I have watched leadership groups gasp in horror at the thought of being seen as “tree huggers.”

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

In Undercover Boss the owner or senior manager of a large business goes undercover by wearing a disguise, creating a fictional back story and pretending to be an entry level employee. At the end of the week, the most hard working employees are rewarded and improved training and working conditions are put in place for others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Does your business have a visible positive strategy, or do your customers and employees still see your primary focus as closing more sales and killing competitors? The right positive strategy is integral to claiming leadership as well as making it happen. Customer and employee value propositions. Market and customer positioning.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

As with sales, these core reasons need to be compelling to candidates, while being as unique to you (competitive differentiation) as possible. Employees can also be a valuable source of referrals. It doesn’t take long to ask your employees and network, so do it. Think of it as an elevator pitch for recruiting.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Companies that grow fearlessly know that highly predictable markets often create situations in which all competitors look alike and margins are thin — thus, market uncertainties can create new opportunities for them to differentiate themselves. Rule #5: Open the floodgates of employee creativity. Rule #6: Learn fast and fearlessly.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 13, 2021

If all you’ve done so far has been fundraising, and you’ve yet to do any of the things that don’t actually require money, like identify talent, build up your thought leadership in the space, design and/or test prototypes, you’re playing startup. Companies are built on accountability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Your challenge here is to differentiate this situation, or the specifics of your proposed implementation, from others that have gone before you. If you sense a challenge to your leadership, ask for an opportunity to bring in outside domain experts. Consider getting the help of outside consultants and advisors to overcome obstacles.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Steeped in the “command and control” paradigm of operational excellence, leaders (and employees) see learning as a high-risk activity. Read on to learn how you and your employees can energize your lazy brains and revitalize your culture in the process: 1. Teach employees to work around their weaknesses.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2020

Communicate honestly and keep customers, partners and employees informed about what is really going on. Shelve the hype on past successes and focus on creating new and differentiated offerings. Leadership teams should establish a framework for action, touch base daily and communicate frequently with employees and customers.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2016

Here we are, in a restaurant that has differentiated itself with good food, friendly and responsive customer service and an owner that cares and is involved. Have a culture that employees want to be a part of. “I am grandfathered in,” she says, “but there are still problems. All this took me by surprise.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2014

by Matt Tenny, author of “ Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom “ A recent Gallup poll shows that only 30 percent of Americans are actively engaged at work. In turn, these employees “roam the halls spreading discontent.” Employees knew that he meant it. Yikes, right?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Being focussed on SaaS metrics is not incompatible with valuing employee fulfillment and customer happiness. Telling the truth to customers and employees, especially when it’s difficult, is how you earn trust and loyalty. Telling the truth to customers and employees, especially when it’s difficult, is how you earn trust and loyalty.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

and others have featured my ideas on personal development, leadership, entrepreneurship and communications that get results. So a key part of the app is devoted to help leaders and aspiring leaders grow in leadership by being better communications every day. Guard the time on your schedule because your ideas are what differentiate you.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Failing at that business, terminating my employees, and shutting the doors was the most challenging thing I had done. I admire Howard Schultz for using his thinking skills in taking over a company name where he previously worked as an employee. Photo Credit: Ryan Niddel. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 5, 2019

Third, be mindful of your management team and employees. Rather, focus on acquiring companies that will create or accelerate your leadership in key markets. Rule number two is to differentiate an external crisis from internal problems. The second rule is to always check with your customers before you acquire a business.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

To truly differentiate your brand, center your growth strategy around creating unique and personalized customer experiences. In most cases, an organization’s leadership sets the company’s revenue, market share, and goals. Your customers want different things. To drive loyalty, tailor the experience to what each customer values.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

2:48] Has design been a key differentiator for Typeform? [3:23] 8:26] What do you feel is your core differentiator? [10:50] And then speaking with a leadership team, they were very upfront in the very beginning about how they want that to be a part of everything they do from day one and we live it. And the Met go, right?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 23, 2023

Good to Great by Jim Collins – The factors that differentiate great companies from their competitors. My work in this space: Pr ofit First Leadership and Management: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fabl e by Patrick Lencioni – The common pitfalls that hinder team success and how to overcome them.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Equally, it could be that as a mid-level employee you prefer to see the company try to get to a $1 billion exit where you could make substantial money but the CEO sells early because she is sitting on 10x the equity as you and can earn well on a $50 million exit. HR Leadership Startup Lessons' I saved my main point for last.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2020

Your brand is how your organization is perceived not only by your customers, but also employees, investors, and other stakeholders. If your leadership team doesn’t truly prioritize the brand creation or rebrand and dedicate the time and resources necessary, you’re asking to fail. The budget.

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