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7 Keys To Keeping Your Business Agile And Competitive

Startup Professionals Musings

He lived the philosophy that companies must be paranoid in order to survive, and continually disrupt their own markets to prevent overrun by competition. That means making sure you are utilizing coaching and mentoring, as well as training to keep up with changes in technology and the marketplace.

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5 Recipes For A Team Culture To Drive Business Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, recent studies and surveys continue to show that team member engagement is at an all-time low approaching 30 percent, both within teams and across the field of larger organizations. Facilitate coaching and mentoring, inside and outside. The result is high engagement, and reduced loss of talent to competition.

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8 Practices Common To The Greatest Leader Role Models

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. Always searching for new talent sources. Willing and able to hire on the spot.

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10 Principles Define You As A Design Thinking Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

Design thinking” is a methodology used to solve complex challenges, such as the ones faced by every business in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive environment. Yet I believe the role and requirements continue to evolve, as detailed in the book, “ Innovation by Design ,” by Thomas Lockwood and Edgar Papke, based on their studies.

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8 Management Mistakes Which Will Defeat Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

They apparently ignored all conventional wisdom and advisors, and struck a deal which crashed both companies, now a case study in many business schools. A good fight in business is called healthy competition. Schedule an on-going reality check with trusted advisors to know the difference. Why does a good fight sometimes go bad?

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5 Keys To Business Culture That Are Counter-Intuitive

Startup Professionals Musings

These things are clearly good for morale, but its not so clear that they translate into a competitive advantage. These authors present 20+ years of research, including case studies and metrics, showing how culture really makes or breaks your business. Ongoing culture steps require tuning of measurements.

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8 Qualities That All Super Business Leaders Display

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. Always searching for new talent sources. Willing and able to hire on the spot.

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