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Could you be your company’s bottleneck?

Berkonomics

These include ensuring the continued health of the organization, setting the moral compass for your stakeholders, providing for succession by training and documenting, leading the effort in compliance of regulations and safety needs, and … elimination of all possible bottlenecks that impede the efficiency of your organization.

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7 Advantages For Being A Socially Responsible Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. Some customers and stakeholders don’t just prefer that an organization is socially responsible, but insist on dealing only with these startups. Startups can use social responsibility as a competitive advantage.

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10 Sharing Principles Propel Many Current Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. 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 clients and objectives (networked organization).

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6 Mismatches In The Workplace Lead to People Burnout

Startup Professionals Musings

Burnout occurs for many when your job demands are too many, the hours are too long, and the resources to handle them are too few. To survive, you must focus on recovery and resiliency, strive to achieve a balance between resources and demands, and set clear boundaries between work and non-work.

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8 Keys To Attracting More Talent Than The Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

You need a faster and more flexible on-demand hiring strategy, based on the current gig-economy of remote freelancers, contract personnel, and specialists. Of course, as you work with contract players, explore the potential for a long-term relationship, and wait until your organization matures to pursue career positions.

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8 Keys To Improving Your Image And Career Advancement

Startup Professionals Musings

Inside the organization, it also pays to offer some of your time for coaching and mentoring to less experienced team members, as an entrée to a supportive relationship. Successful people are able to find enough personal time off to balance personal needs against the constant barrage of work demands. Loners need not apply.

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8 Strategies To Maximize Team Trust In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

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.