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7 Keys To Keeping Your Business Agile And Competitive

Startup Professionals Musings

He lived the philosophy that companies must be paranoid in order to survive, and continually disrupt their own markets to prevent overrun by competition. That means making sure you are utilizing coaching and mentoring, as well as training to keep up with changes in technology and the marketplace.

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8 Practices Common To The Greatest Leader Role Models

Startup Professionals Musings

These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. Always searching for new talent sources. Willing and able to hire on the spot.

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8 Management Mistakes Which Will Defeat Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

They apparently ignored all conventional wisdom and advisors, and struck a deal which crashed both companies, now a case study in many business schools. A good fight in business is called healthy competition. Schedule an on-going reality check with trusted advisors to know the difference. Why does a good fight sometimes go bad?

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5 Keys To Business Culture That Are Counter-Intuitive

Startup Professionals Musings

These things are clearly good for morale, but its not so clear that they translate into a competitive advantage. These authors present 20+ years of research, including case studies and metrics, showing how culture really makes or breaks your business. Ongoing culture steps require tuning of measurements.

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8 Qualities That All Super Business Leaders Display

Startup Professionals Musings

These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. Always searching for new talent sources. Willing and able to hire on the spot.

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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

Both Sides of the Table

Rozovsky basically said that having studied 180 teams at Google over the past several years and trying to determine what made some teams perform better than others (despite every team being filled with over-achievers who work at Google) one factor stood out more than others: Creating “psychologically safe environments.”

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Every Entrepreneur Needs Holidays To Rest And Relax

Startup Professionals Musings

They forget that they probably became entrepreneurs, according to the recent DNA of an Entrepreneur study, for just this flexibility. Other studies show that only about 30% list money as a key benefit of running their own firm. Beat the competition. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition.