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How To Reduce Workplace Drama And Improve Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Team members seem to be spending more and more time venting to anyone who will listen about the motives and actions of others, and less time introspectively focused on their own productivity and accountability. The personal preferences and ego of anyone in the company has little to do long-term business success and satisfaction.

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8 Ways Ownership Thinking Will Make You An A-Player

Startup Professionals Musings

Incidentally, if you never thought of yourself as being an A-Player employee, you probably will struggle even more in the competitive entrepreneur world. Employees can be much more productive if they fully understand strategic issues and focus correspondingly. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 02/13/2017.

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10 Behavioral Tips To Raise Your Cool Factor At Work

Startup Professionals Musings

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. 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.

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7 Work Ethic Elements Will Get You Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Business is more about people than product. As an angel investor in startups, I often find myself looking harder at the quality of the team and the leadership, than at the details of the product and business model. These will provide the competitive edge you need with customers and less-focused team members.

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7 Ways To Survive The Retail Customer Shift To Online

Startup Professionals Musings

Dart and Lewis should know, since both have over twenty-five years of experience consulting with dozens of retail and consumer product companies, old and new. Old views of change rates are no longer competitive. Some may have no product at all for carry-out, with demonstrations and iPads for ordering and delivery the next day.

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9 Reasons Why Execution Trumps Thinking In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

While you are still thinking, your competition will be stealing your market or the opportunity itself may go away or evolve. Most new business founders find there is a big gap between them loving the idea, and buying the product or service. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/15/2017. Time is money in business.

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