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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 30, 2021
The most effective leaders marshal existing resources and incent people to create innovative yet competitive solutions. The best leaders don’t just give orders – you work with people you depend on to build trust, give and accept coaching, and motivate by being a role model for the approach you espouse.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 31, 2018
The only “sustainable competitive advantage” in business is self-awareness. Most successful business leaders, including Richard Branson and Bill Gates, regularly called on their mentors, Freddie Laker and Warren Buffett, to test their perception of the right questions to ask, and the right issues to tackle. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 19, 2023
In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 4, 2020
In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 6, 2020
Be sure to tie changes back to the “why” – customer value, business objectives, and competition. Through mentoring and coaching, you can build a culture of sharing and collaboration throughout the team. Through mentoring and coaching, you can build a culture of sharing and collaboration throughout the team.
InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. This frugality was evidenced by the fact that everyone at Microsoft, even Gates, flew coach until well into the late 1990s. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Why is it that only the most successful entrepreneurs , including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson, admit to having a mentor and actually use them? Most mentors don’t have the time to be your business coach to help you with generic skills. Yet many entrepreneurs I know are too proud or too shy to even ask for advice.
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