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8 Negative Reactions To New Ideas And How To Prevail

Startup Professionals Musings

The result is fewer and fewer new ideas are volunteered by prospective leaders and key team members, and the business suffers from poor customer satisfaction or loss of market share. The challenge is for leaders to really listen to their team and the market, and for every team member to anticipate pushbacks and respond effectively.

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7 Keys To Making People First And Winning In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

In top current companies, such as Google, Apple, and Netflix, cultural strategies that include greater employee freedom and fostering creativity are the norm. It’s easy to see how cultures go astray, for example, when you pay only for sales volume, but expect a high focus on customer satisfaction. Place shapes culture.

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7 Key Steps To Getting Top Performance From Your Team

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, according to recent research from Bain & Company , Apple, Netflix, Google, and Dell employees are 40 percent more productive than the average, even though they are no smarter or more experienced. They need your mentoring, tools, and historical data to be a top performer. Yet in the long run, you get what you pay for.