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8 Aspects Of Team Well-Being Drive Business Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. I will summarize these here, with my insights, for your review and implementation: Physical health. Occupational satisfaction.

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8 Activities To Satisfy Your Boss You Are Accountable

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the attributes that I often recommend to the business professionals and entrepreneurs I mentor is to always be totally accountable for your actions and ideas. None of us can be accountable if we don’t know what is expected, or don’t have the required tools or training. Generously give credit to others where credit is due.

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5 Barriers To Wise Delegation In Business Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

In my role as mentor and advisor to many founders, I consistently fail in convincing them of the power in wise delegation. He has spent many years coaching and consulting with over 200 organizations, and he has helped me articulate the benefits of delegation, and better understand some of the key barriers.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There was no money train. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built.

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10 Ways An Entrepreneur Can Build A Winning Culture

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s why they insist on spending a day with your team as part of the due diligence process. As a mentor to entrepreneurs, I often get asked what you can do to build the right culture. Mentoring and training programs need to be put in place early. It simply doesn’t matter how great your solution is.

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7 Key Steps To Getting Top Performance From Your Team

Startup Professionals Musings

During my early years of managing in business, I always assumed that if I hired and trained the smartest and most experienced people I could find, I would get outstanding productivity. Practice process coaching, but not edicting decisions. Give team members the training, tools, and data to do the job.

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Interview with Ken Rutkowski, The Founder Institute

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The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com), an entrepreneurial training program that originally launched by Adeo Ressi in Silicon Valley, recently announced that it is setting up shop in Southern California, with branches both in San Diego and Los Angeles. What role do the mentors play? The mentors at the L.A.

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