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5 Priorities For New Business Leader Self-Development

Startup Professionals Musings

In my business of mentoring new entrepreneurs and advising small company owners, I recognize that most don’t start as experienced leaders, and most don’t realize that people leadership is a primary key to their future success. Building a business is not a one-person job, and leading by edict rarely works today.

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9 Distinct Leadership Styles You Find In New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

For new entrepreneurs, leadership development efforts may be more valuable for achieving startup success than business skills development. They are excellent mentors and coaches, but have a strong need to be admired and respected in return. They find ways to bring people together, and ways to involve everyone. Perfectionist.

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9 Different Approaches For Motivating A Startup Team

Startup Professionals Musings

For new entrepreneurs, leadership development efforts may be more valuable for achieving startup success than business skills development. They are excellent mentors and coaches, but have a strong need to be admired and respected in return. They find ways to bring people together, and ways to involve everyone. Perfectionist.

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How Early-Stage Startups Can Prepare for Their Big Break

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Sunil Koduri, cofounder and Chief Listener of Zsolutionz , a software company developing a computer vision and machine learning product for the health and wellness space called Zofie based on fuzzy logic, said gaining information from the industries has helped him realize opportunities. Add Mentors to Your Roster.

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6 Incentives To Master The Art Of Marketing Yourself

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars.

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6 Tips to Boost Workforce Engagement and Motivation

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Many companies also promote local mentoring and coaching opportunities.

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6 Steps to High Performance - Start Your Own Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Top performers often create their own personal experience map to guide their development. Asking for mentoring, and being a mentor are both great ways to build relationships. Bill Gates often refers to his ongoing relationship with Warren Buffett as a mentor, and Mark Zuckerberg counted Steve Jobs as a key mentor.

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