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How good a leader are you?

Berkonomics

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. But these are all individual roads to Rio – which is the stated goal for the organization. What is your leadership end game goal?

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6 Work Activities Are Required For Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Trying to do everything is a sure way to maximize stress, lower job satisfaction, and minimize productivity. In my experience, competition is the biggest challenge here. Great people leadership and communication skills are critical here, as well as managing an organization. Enablement: provide support and human capital.

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8 Signs Of A New Business Initiative And Not A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m not suggesting that you model your startup after the complex corporate organizations you hated in your last job, but there are at least eight key functions and activities that every investor expects to find in a startup proposal with any real potential to change the world. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive.

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7 Keys To Sustainably Enriching Your Customers’ Lives

Startup Professionals Musings

I still see organizations that penalize teams for change requests, and try to live by the old adage of “it’s always been done this way.” Use metrics to assess needs and growth economics. A popular set of metrics for customer views is the New Promoter System ( NPS ), available from Bain & Company.

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7 Ways To Manage Healthy Internal Business Conflicts

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, a level of disagreement among key team members is a sign of a healthy organization, allowing it to survive and prosper in this age of multiple disruptive trends. Of course, any highly emotional and unmanaged conflict can certainly lead to chaos and a dysfunctional organization.

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8 Indications Of A Real Entrepreneur Versus A Hacker

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m not suggesting that you model your startup after the complex corporate organizations you hated in your last job, but there are at least eight key functions and activities that every investor expects to find in a startup proposal with any real potential to change the world. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive.

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7 Ways To Nurture A Winning Mindset In Business Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Measure progress through metrics on sales, revenue, and penetration. Seek customer feedback on ways to improve value and satisfaction. Look for more ways to demonstrate a competitive advantage, and partner with complementary organizations if you need strength in manufacturing, distribution, or customer support.