Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2022

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. But these are all individual roads to Rio – which is the stated goal for the organization. What is your leadership end game goal?

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Resource Satisfaction Metrics Course 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2021

After working many years in business, both in large companies as well as startups, I’ve realized that you can learn more from peers and mentors than from any formal education program. Long-term company success is all about having good leaders today, as well as tomorrow. Sharing through mentoring amplifies your satisfaction.

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Mentor Satisfaction Education Organization 159

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2022

At work, all team members (everyone who gets paid for doing a job at the company) are on stage responsible for delivering a branded experience to coworkers and customers. Use a company-wide assessment at least twice a year to understand and remind the team to out-behave the competition. No more gamed employee satisfaction surveys.

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Customer Custom Services Training 123

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. You need to paint a compelling future for your company that they can all connect with. Make sure you are hiring, training, and promoting the future leaders who possess what it takes to create the organization you want.

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Organization Startup Satisfaction Customer 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2021

He suggests you begin with the “big three” business objectives of higher revenue, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction. If they read it and like it, do they click through to your web site, or engage with your organization in new and different ways? Get attention and reach your audience. That’s where the money is.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 127

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. I believe this option will continue to spread to other companies, states and countries. Some customers and stakeholders don’t just prefer that an organization is socially responsible, but insist on dealing only with these startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

In fact, Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. I especially like Cushman’s outline of the ten principles which distinguish the organization and operation of an open business from the more traditional closed model. Shared decision process (transparency).

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Organization Social Media Examples Customer 126

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Unfortunately, in mature companies, a larger and larger percentage of employees forget company survival and customers as the objectives, and focus only on their own personal gain. People in larger organizations move away from day-to-day contact with the end customer, and focus becomes company internal and isolated.

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Satisfaction Organization Customer Custom 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. For startups, the entrepreneur and founder is almost always the face of the company. Focus on talent and people growth.

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Technical Review Funding Organization Coach 129

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

As a business consultant with experience in large companies as well as startups, I often hear about dysfunctional management hierarchies, as well as the value provided by exceptional ones. We have all heard about the successes of flattened management organizations in the last decade at Facebook, Valve, Zappos, and others.

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Outsource Training Organization Social Media 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In my experience as an employee, up to an executive, in large companies as well as small, I’ve found that people who are consistently negative and complain are a big constraint on productivity, as well as the most difficult management problem that most business leaders face. Administer regular morale and satisfaction surveys.

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Coach Satisfaction Examples Startup 148

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2022

A key influencer of satisfaction and motivation, top-ranked by employees, is positive progress and the completion of meaningful work. Negative leader behaviors affect work satisfaction for everyone. Managing and motivating a team in a startup is more than just using the right interpersonal skills.

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Startup Satisfaction Examples Activity 125

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It is no secret that the recent pandemic has exacerbated this problem as companies lost more and more of their employees due to illness, economic contraction, and voluntary resignations. T his occurs when an organization imposes narrow constraints on how work is to be done or allows no room for judgment or innovation.

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Coach Organization Demand Resource 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you are a business professional in a big company, or an entrepreneur with a startup, innovation is a key strategy. New businesses driven only by a passion for big profit margins, rather than customer value and a higher cause, are perennially high risk with low satisfaction for you and the team.

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Artificial Inteligence Ideas Satisfaction Customer 114

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Many platforms, such as IndieGoGo , allow startups to solicit funding commitments from non-professional investors in exchange for a pre-defined reward or perk, such as a T-shirt or other recognition, but no ownership in the company. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

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Funding Startup Outsource Development Satisfaction 141

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The requirements of the desired organization need to be formalized before people are hired. My recommendation is to hire core executives, and have them define, justify, and build their organizations. I’m not suggesting executive search firms for every startup position, but national recruiting organizations will get better results.

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Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 104

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. You need to paint a compelling future for your company that they can all connect with. Make sure you are hiring, training, and promoting the future leaders who possess what it takes to create the organization you want.

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Organization Startup Entrepreneur Satisfaction 160

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Bureaucracy can appear quickly in startups as well as large companies. Every organization must constantly review its hiring practices, training, and leadership to make sure the focus is on people who are motivated, open-minded, and empowered. The real problem is inflexible people. The days of the “cash cow” are gone.

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Technical Review Organization Social Media Entrepreneur 151

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. You need to paint a compelling future for your company that they can all connect with. Make sure you are hiring, training, and promoting the future leaders who possess what it takes to create the organization you want.

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Company Companies Organization Startup 59

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

The largest and most successful businesses of the past have been traditionally driven by autocratic and powerful leaders who managed a highly structured organization of subordinates. I see that model changing today to one of team collaboration and decision making, per companies such as Amazon, Google, and Zoom.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

For example, Bill Gates founded and grew Microsoft, and Michael Dell built a great technology company, both with no outside funding until they went successful enough to go public years later and sell shares to common stockholders. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors.

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Funding Startup Satisfaction Venture Capital 107

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Don’t hang out with gloom and doom. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

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Startup Journal Outsource Tips 125

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

It turns out the virtual and augmented reality companies aren’t dead — as long as they focus on the enterprise. Cornerstone, which led the Talespin Series B round, will also be partnering with the company to develop human resources training tools in virtual reality. “We Talespin previously raised $5 million in financing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2023

Here is my list of eight key strategies and tactics, gleaned from my own observations and feedback, which I believe will define you as a trusted leader, and will result in loyal teams to amplify your business initiatives into long-term success and satisfaction: Share your values and expectations to everyone. The former is acceptable.

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Satisfaction Social Media Coach Training 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2022

Other countries have similar exemptions for similar organizations. That means they need to grow organically, or find a philanthropist. Managing volunteers, and running any organization with these constraints is a challenge. Managing volunteers, and running any organization with these constraints is a challenge.

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Organization Satisfaction Class Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2022

Great communication inside the organization and outside is the key to value. Helping your organization adapt and get ahead, with results, will have a positive impact on everyone, and you will remember. Build good relationships with the people who count in your organization, and focus on what your organization really needs from them.

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Coach Organization Technical Review Satisfaction 119

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2020

More than ever before, people want to buy from, work for, and invest in companies that matter. Your company and team members have to be seen as going above and beyond to solve the problems of internal and external customers. Companies that matter focus beyond the buy/sell transaction view of the world.

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Customer Custom Satisfaction Marketing 167

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The traditional model for hiring permanent employees who can grow their career with your company just doesn’t work, and can jeopardize your business before it even gets traction. Focus on a very flat organization, with minimal hierarchy. Higher worker engagement and satisfaction.

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Competition Startup Demand Training 168

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

As a result, Amazon has ranked as #1 for customer satisfaction for many years in a row and has grown accordingly. Studies show that a positive team culture in an organization can result in 26 percent fewer mistakes, 22 percent higher productivity, 41 percent lower absenteeism, and 30 percent stronger customer satisfaction.

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Coach Satisfaction Customer Custom 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

The requirements of the desired organization need to be formalized before people are hired. My recommendation is to hire core executives, and have them define, justify, and build their organizations. I’m not suggesting executive search firms for every startup position, but national recruiting organizations will get better results.

Organization 135

Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 135

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2023

It’s true that gifted visionaries bring many good things to an organization, including big picture ideas, seeing around corners, and a hunter mentality. To compensate, every visionary entrepreneur needs to find a partner who gets great satisfaction from results, and loves the discipline of making things happen on a day-to-day basis.

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Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 82

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Unfortunately, work and satisfaction have become an oxymoron in many businesses. I found many more helpful suggestions in a new book, “ The Culture Question ,” by Randy Grieser, Eric Stutzman, Wendy Loewen, and Michael Labun, who have spent years providing leadership and professional development training to companies around the world.

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Tips Satisfaction Training Mentor 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. For startups, the entrepreneur and founder is almost always the face of the company. Focus on talent and people growth.

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Technical Review Organization Coach Invest 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

Most business professionals I know will go to great lengths to take a neutral position on internal business conflicts, on the assumption that all conflict is bad for the company as well as their political future. Of course, any highly emotional and unmanaged conflict can certainly lead to chaos and a dysfunctional organization.

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Activity Organization Examples Satisfaction 145

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This determined nature can help you accomplish great things in new organizations. Team members see you as the lifeblood of innovation in the organization. This often happens when a Level A company goes public. At the lowest level are those involved in Internet scams, Ponzi schemes, or organized crime.

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Entrepreneur Organization Customer Custom 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2016

More than ever before, people want to buy from, work for, and invest in companies that matter. Your company and team members have to be seen as going above and beyond to solve the problems of internal and external customers. Companies that matter focus beyond the buy/sell transaction view of the world.

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Company Companies Customer Custom 62