Some business situations may require participants to step outside of their comfort zones. But not everybody is extroverted enough to do this. Some people need to be coaxed into leaving their shell. By bringing up the energy level of the whole, you’ll be able to be more productive in whatever you’re undertaking. And icebreakers can sometimes be the tool that will take you over the top. For the average introvert, an icebreaker may be necessary. As an example, imagine yourself at a company meeting. If you have an exercise that needs to be conducted, as a matter of employee development, you will need all of…
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Should we be Raising Entrepreneurs as a Society?
Not everyone has the same aspirations when they’re growing up. But how often do you hear about a child that wants to be a business-owner or entrepreneur? Not very often. In fact, kids are far likelier to be pushed to be lawyers or doctors. And for the braver in heart, they may want to be a fireman, police officer, astronaut or something similar. And this may be a societal deficiency. Instead, our youngest should be bred to be free-spirited when it comes to business. Why not let them consider the possibilities and options related to being an entrepreneur? By teaching kids…
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Praise?
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Stopping the Things that are Killing Your Culture
Creating a tantalyzing employee culture is a goal for many businesses.
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Finding Success Doesn’t Mean You Should Give Up Blogging!
Blogging has a variety of uses: Corporate blogging to promote a company Personal branding Blogging for blogging’s sake A means to an end In Darren Rowse’s YouTube video about blogging, he asks his viewers why they blog, and expresses his dismay when great content writers give up blogging once they’ve achieved success. It’s an interesting concept. If your original goal was to get your name on the Web, and you succeed, does that mean you no longer need to blog?
Before You Make Money—Make Meaning
If you want to build and lead a startup that lasts, one that has vision, values and impacts the lives of its customers—you need to start with meaning. That’s the philosophy of Guy Kawasaki, founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures. In Part 1 of 16 of his lecture series for Stanford University’s Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series, Guy discusses his belief that those companies that bloom with honorable intentions become the most successful, and they do so in three steps: Increase quality of life Right a wrong Prevent the end of something good Check out the rest of…
How to Make the Most of Your Recruiting Budget
It was widely predicted last year that hiring was going to increase in 2010, but that budgets for those hires would remain flat from their 2009 levels. How’s that for a hiring conundrum? I suppose that’s the definition of doing more with less. Or maybe it’s doing more with the same. Regardless, a recent Monster.com article showed that those predictions were correct. At year-end 2010, the private sector experienced 10 consecutive months of employment gains, while a Manpower survey revealed the most optimistic corporate hiring trends in more than two years. Companies did all of that on recruiting and hiring…
It’s 2011: Time for Startup CEOs’ New Year Resolutions
For the New Year, startup CEOs will be looking to achieve much of the same from the previous year.
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A Less than Optimistic Observation about Groupon
You may have heard about the sizable bid Google placed for Groupon.
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Leaders: Yes, It Is All About You
In Part 1 of his video series, bestselling author and Stanford professor Bob Sutton discusses how, when you’re in a position of leadership, it is, in fact, all about you. You’ll receive a lot more credit—and a lot more blame—than you actually deserve. Some in management may adopt this role without question and become one-sided mentors. Others may improve their company culture by listening to those they manage and learning from oft-overlooked insights. What kind of manager does this make you?