Want to be a better founder, CEO, executive, or manager in 2014? By discovering what makes the best leaders tick you’ll learn how you can drive more innovation, squeeze more time out of your day, and inspire your organization to reach its full potential.
While the debate over whether leaders are born or made may never be truly resolved, the reality is that all of us — from the founder of a growing software company to the manager of a lead gen team — can benefit from studying what makes the best leaders tick and trying to emulate those habits, tactics, or approaches.
So, as you begin to set goals for yourself in 2014, be sure to check out the 10 leadership insights below and ask yourself a key question: What could you be doing to inspire your employees and co-workers to reach their full potential?
While executing the right strategy and tactics are important to business success, management consultant and certified Scrum/Agile coach Michael Sahota says in this post that the real key to breakthrough results is often rooted in your company culture, not tactical or strategic approaches. Read more.
No commodity is more precious to startup and expansion-stage software executives and managers that time. If you want to waste it, go ahead and schedule another meeting with your management team. But if you want to make the most of every precious minute you have, try this instead — go through the 7-question checklist we put together to help decide if that meeting is really necessary. Read more.
The best leaders share some fairly common (and replicable) characteristics. In this post, innovation and intrapreneurship (no, that’s not a misspelling) strategist Philippe De Ridder, co-founder of Board of Innovation, shares six personal innovation habits that will have a profound impact on your performance, happiness, and success as an entrepreneur. Read more.
Earlier this year, OpenView surveyed an array of expansion-stage CEOs and board members to find out what it takes to create a value-adding board. We delivered the results of that survey through this board of directors infographic, offering real insight into what makes high-performing boards tick. Read more.
Who says being a small business doesn’t have its own advantages? In this post, we explored the real motivations behind Microsoft’s 2013 acquisition of Yammer, discovering in the process that it had everything to do with the smaller company building something that the behemoth corporation couldn’t recreate. Read more.
Does being a successful entrepreneur always have to come at the expense of everything else? For those who think work-life balance is a myth or an impossible luxury, these 11 quotes from prominent founders, CEOs, and execs might just change your mind. Read more.
As companies grow from the startup to the expansion stage, founders often face a difficult dilemma: Adapt to the new reality, assemble a crack team that can help you grow and manage the business, or transition to a new role. Choose wisely, because taking the wrong path often results in stunting your company’s growth. Read more.
Board meetings too often turn into a slog through status reports and numbers. Even if you’re on track to power through on time, all it takes is one board member asking for a number to be reflected in a different way to derail the train. To avoid that fate, Bill Conroy, serial entrepreneur and director at Kareo, Prognosis, and AtTask explains why having a control book is one key to bringing greater speed and productivity to board meetings. Read more.
As the leader of a growing company, you’re likely being pulled in numerous different directions every day. Let’s fix that by studying how your peers manage the stresses and distractions of being the head honcho. In this post, seven CEOs share their tips for cutting down on distractions and focusing on few things that really matter. Read more.
In March, OpenView ran our first ever Culture-fit-ology competition — a “March Madness” themed tournament to determine which company had the best corporate culture in the tech industry. With titans like Google, Facebook, and Twitter in the mix, the results were somewhat surprising — unless, of course, you work at HubSpot and were already well aware of the inbound marketing software company’s incredible dedication to culture. Read more.
<strong>Jonathan Crowe</strong> is Senior Content Manager at <a href="https://www.barkly.com/">Barkly</a>. He was previously the Managing Editor of OpenView Labs.
Enzo Avigo, former product manager at Intercom and CEO of product analytics startup June, unpacks how to accelerate your path to product market fit. Get the guide here.
