They are the Yin and Yang of Leaders People Want to Follow. Or Not.If you ask just about anyone about the kinds of qualities that every great leader possesses, it's certain that someone will say: "confidence." This makes sense as we're all inspired by people who exude confidence. They make us fee...
KEEP READINGHow to succeed by doing things others aren'tIt's always so tempting to tag along with what everyone else is doing--what we've come to call the wisdom of the crowd. But the truth is that really successful people take a different tact. When they see the crowd headed in one direction, th...
KEEP READINGIs the power of compound interest really the 8th Wonder of the World?There is an often-told story that when Albert Einstein was once asked what mankind's greatest invention was, he replied: "Compound interest." There's even one claim that Einstein called compound interest the "8th Wonder of the W...
KEEP READINGThere isn't one best answer.Many of us reach a point in our careers or in the growth of our companies when we find ourselves in a position of having people to report to us. It's a mark of some professional success. The question arises as to the kind of style we want to employ when engaging with ...
KEEP READINGNo new ground broken, they only put a new wrapper on existing practice.The Business Roundtable recently came out with a statement of purpose-;which was signed by 181 CEOs of prominent companies-;where they signaled that they would be valuing the "stakeholders" in their business: customers, employ...
KEEP READINGAs 2019 comes to a close, we wanted to share with you the top 10 blog posts of the year. They cover a wide range of topics that every entrepreneur can gain some insight from. We had just under 1 MM reads this year and the posts have been translated into 9 different languages. Each blog is auth...
KEEP READINGDependence on Talent over Systems can Stall Your GrowthOne of the things we celebrate, particularly in entrepreneurial organizations, is the last-minute effort a person or a team puts in to beat a tough deadline. Maybe it's a product team hustling to complete a prototype against the clock, a grou...
KEEP READINGWhen most of us are faced with making a decision in business or in our personal lives, we tend to frame it within a context of yes versus no, and that's a huge mistake.When most of us are faced with making a decision - in business or in our personal lives - we tend to frame it within a context of...
KEEP READINGInterests shift over time - you need to be prepared.I was recently working with the two founders of an entrepreneurial company. Between the two of them, they still owned most of the company. While they had grown the company substantially since its inception, the two partners began to have some se...
KEEP READINGRight now, they are not good enough and too expensive.A lot of us operate in relatively stable and existing in markets where we sell a product or service that our customers are happy with--which allows us to make money every day of the week. We also know who our primary, or "in-kind," competitors...
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