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7 Steps To Creating An Effective Personal Brand Today

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s been happening for some time, but business changes, accelerated by the recent pandemic, have highlighted the need for all of us to review our positions, image, and satisfaction at work. Now may be the time to build new credentials is this digital age by taking time for education courses and attending digital conferences.

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6 Tips to Boost Workforce Engagement and Motivation

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfortunately, work and satisfaction have become an oxymoron in many businesses. I loved it when my boss gave me the additional responsibility of mentoring others in solving tough problems. Each of us can remember a time when we prepared a report that no one read, or filed physical documents never used, and no one seemed to care.

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8 Keys To Effective Delegation For All Perfectionists

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. It will inspire loyalty, provide real satisfaction for work done, and become the basis for mentoring and performance reviews. This requires hiring people with the right skills, not the least expensive or friends and family.

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8 Keys To Attracting More Talent Than The Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

According to recent reports , these come from all the way up and down the age and experience spectrum, including up to ninety percent of the current Baby Boomers, as well as Millennials. Zappos , led by Tony Heish, has been a leader in this direction, and reports many advantages, as well as challenges.

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8 Tasks To Prepare You For Starting Your Own Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, starting and running your own business comes with financial and personal risks, so I always recommend that you do your homework first, and follow some tried and proven strategies to improve your odds of success. But if you do it right, the joys and satisfaction, as well as financial returns, of your success can’t be beat.

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8 Steps To Stop Killing Yourself As A Micro-Manager

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. It will inspire loyalty, provide real satisfaction for work done, and become the basis for mentoring and performance reviews. This requires hiring people with the right skills, not the least expensive or friends and family.

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4 Steps To The Support You Need To Save Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Most people get a tremendous satisfaction from helping others, but are equally afraid to offer without being asked. The best way to do this in business is to proactively ask someone to be your mentor. The most successful business executives build one or more two-way mentoring relationships with peers.

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