Tag: leadership

Know When to Leave 

I recently saw an outstanding interview excerpt with Jerry Seinfeld in which he confirmed he turned down one hundred million dollars to create a tenth

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The Leader’s Job 

In many owner-operated businesses (this is true for solopreneurs, too), the leader feels an obligation to work the hardest. It’s the old “lead by example”

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Great Expectations 

“My people aren’t meeting expectations!”  A common frustration I hear from business owners. My reply is often, “Do they understand the expectations?” Employees are not

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What Must Be Done 

Dwight Eisenhower famously described leadership as, “the art of getting to others to want to do what must be done”.  Here are a few thoughts

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Over and Over Again 

One of the leader’s greatest responsibilities is to clarify, communicate, and reinforce expectations to team members.  Clarify means the leader herself must understand exactly what

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Getting Involved 

Most of my work with business owner clients is on how to create the internal structures and systems necessary to reduce the company’s daily operational

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