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Tech Startup Culture May Have Changed For Good

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Back in 2017, the New York Times opinion section was graced with an article entitled: Jerks and the Start-Ups They Ruin. So, we decided to offer a ‘wellbeing coach’ to give the team the opportunity to express their feelings and get things off their chest.” Saying No To Startup Bros.

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6 Ways To Learn From Failure, And Beat Success Odds

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, I just finished a new book, “ Winning from Failing ,” by business development and sales productivity expert Josh Seibert, which extends this principle as well to large corporate organizations seeking to improve their productivity and success. Leaders need to reward experiments, rather than demand fixed processes.

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Smart Entrepreneurs Favor People-Centric Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

Every business needs repeatable processes to grow and thrive, but modern business processes need the right people to make them efficient and productive. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business.

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6 Steps To Saying No At Work To Your Boss And Peers

Startup Professionals Musings

Green, a noted executive coach, speaker, and CEO of Brilliance, Inc. A key part of her message that resonated with me, as a mentor to entrepreneurs, is her guidance on how to deal with the constant demands and requests that every business founder faces. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 07/20/2017.

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10 Behavioral Tips To Raise Your Cool Factor At Work

Startup Professionals Musings

The most productive and respected business people know their limits and assertively protect them. Time spent building and maintaining key work relationships can dramatically improve your productivity, reduce stress, and raise your melting point. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 06/01/2017. Never over-commit.

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Romances Are Common At Work, But The Risks Are Great

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet the 2017 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. She outlines the potential benefits of “workships” (work relationships) evolving into friendships and romances as follows: Improve communication and productivity. by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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