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7 Business Leadership Traits Persuade Customers Today

Startup Professionals Musings

We are living in a new generation of business, where customers drive the experience, and highly engaged employees are required to keep up with customer expectations. Of course, these are great, but they don’t happen without enlightened leadership coming first. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford.

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10 Elements of a Coaching Culture and Why You Need It

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur and business person I know wishes he had more time for coaching all the members of his team. I often hear the excuse that coaching takes more time than simply diving in and doing the job for the other person, but is that really true? Exceptional communication is a prerequisite to coaching.

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Is your WORK interfering with your JOB?

Berkonomics

Of course, this comment made me think of the many times I had been guilty of this more than occasional heads-down office work over the years of management and assume that most of you who have supervised others have fallen into the same trap. How do you frame menial desk jobs as “customer support?”. Had I been guilty? Shout it out! .

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7 Tips To Raise Your Entrepreneur Instincts In School

Startup Professionals Musings

While I do agree that many attributes of a good entrepreneur, such as curiosity, confidence and determination, are largely determined by early-life experiences, a good education is critical in understanding the elements of creating a business and wooing customers. Practical business courses are better than an advanced degree or MBA.

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7 Excuses I Don’t Want To Hear For New Owner Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. You probably realize that the leading edge is very near the bleeding edge, where only early adopter customers dare to tread. On the other hand, if you wait for competitors to get there first, you may be left in the dust with no customers.

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8 Reasons Why Great People Make Processes Repeatable

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Of course, some balance is required. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. In the end, engagement drives customer retention, sales, growth and profit.

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10 Steps To Second Stage Success For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Optimize the total customer experience. There is no free lunch.

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