leadership Archives

Mentoring is at the Heart of Entrepreneurship

Teaching and mentoring is at the heart of entrepreneurship. As business owners, we're teaching our prospects how our company can help solve their problem. With our team, we're teaching and communicating our vision and how...

byJason Scott Montoya

January 31, 2022

5 Actionable Goals for Your Startup to Set and Achieve

While the pandemic has created numerous obstacles for entrepreneurs, some of the best and most inventive ideas have been born out of adverse circumstances. January is the perfect time to re-evaluate what worked and what...

byNatalie Bleza

January 18, 2022

3 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Work-From-Home Performance

Across the globe, companies have swiftly adopted remote work. While many had already been considering the switch (by implementing schedule flexibility or experimenting with work-from-home days), the current push toward remote work is unprecedented. Different...

byJerry DiMaso

December 20, 2021

5 Leadership Traits No Entrepreneur Succeeds Without

Entrepreneurs have some of the hardest jobs in the world. At an established company and with a competent team, leading is mostly a matter of keeping the rudder straight. At a startup, it’s another story...

byPeter Daisyme

November 7, 2021

How to Get Out of Day-to-Day Operations and Into Leadership

When you start a business, you have a vision of what you want running your company to be like. While every founder is different, most entrepreneurs envision customers who love their product or service so...

byChris Sica

October 29, 2021

Here’s How Effective Managers Can Encourage and Facilitate Employee Feedback

Leadership should be a two-way street, but managers in U.S. organizations are falling behind. According to a 2019 study, 83 percent of workers would like their managers to ask for employee feedback more often. You’re...

byNatasha Bougourd

October 27, 2021

How to Fix a Racially Biased Venture Capital Model and Commit to Diversity in Entrepreneurship

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests, venture capital firms are making newfound commitments to invest in, or at least evaluate, potential investments that are led by diverse founders. Although...

byKimmy Paluch

October 4, 2021

These Are the Personality Traits of Extraordinary Leaders

We see endless professional development workshops promising to transform aspiring entrepreneurs into visionary leaders, yet there also seems to be an elite class who naturally make it to the top. Just being in a position...

byBrett Farmiloe

October 1, 2021

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Women Leadership Roles Show Progress When it Comes to Venture Capital (Episode 194)

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares progress as it relates to women in venture capital and discusses the importance of diversity in the venture capital field. Tune in to this morning's Business Beat...

byStartupNation

March 17, 2021

How I Choose to Lead My Law Firm in These Uncertain Times

One of the credos at the Mike Morse Personal Injury Law Firm is to be the best law firm to work for in Michigan. We came up with that 13 years ago. But during these...

byMike Morse

February 4, 2021

The 5 Types of Entrepreneurs You Need on Your Startup’s Team

When you’re just getting started in a new business, what types of people do you need to attract to work alongside you? We studied that very challenge while researching our new book, “The Entrepreneur’s Faces.”...

byJonathan Littman and Susanna Camp

December 15, 2020

Mindful Leadership is the Formula for Success, Says This Business Strategist

I have seen the mantra of “People First, Always” work in organizations of all shapes and sizes. You could define the byproduct of this approach as engagement, but in “The Affinity Principle," I extend the...

byGrant Ian Gamble

September 23, 2020

How to Lead Your Business Through Times of Uncertainty

To say that the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis has created immense challenges for entrepreneurs and business owners is an understatement. Like the 2007 to 2009 economic collapse, the downturn happened so quickly. Both...

byPatrick Carroll

September 17, 2020

How to Be a Hands-On Leader (and Why it’s Important for You Company’s Growth)

Starting a business requires a delicate balance of hard work and high level decision-making. As the owner of your business, you determine the course of the company, the products you sell, and the strategies you...

byJessica Thiefels

August 28, 2020

How to Choose a Coach to Help Launch or Grow Your Business

Research shows that for both aspiring and established entrepreneurs, working with a business coach typically yields powerful results. These include improved business outcomes, strengthened leadership skills and heightened personal confidence. If you’re launching a startup,...

byDr. Mickey Parsons, MCC, BCC

August 14, 2020

6 Tools to Help You Manage Your Remote Side Hustle Efficiently (and Easily)

Managing a side hustle on top of a full-time job requires a lot of dedication. Depending on the type of work you’re doing, it can even feel like your side hustle requires more work than...

byLucas Miller

August 7, 2020

3 Core Objectives to Help You Lead Your Startup Through the Pandemic

Navigating through a global pandemic is something that no entrepreneur can prepare themselves for. Past experiences and successes go out the window once uncertainty hits and we are forced to make quick, unprecedented and ultimately...

byMuneeb Mushtaq

July 23, 2020

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Leadership Skills (Episode 44)

Now more than ever, entrepreneurs need to be in communication with their team and they need to show great leadership skills. On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares some common issues your team may...

byStartupNation

April 30, 2020

10 Life-Changing Books Every Side Hustler Needs to Read

As an entrepreneur, I’m a big advocate of using books to level up my game for one simple reason: a $20 business book is one of the least expensive crash-course educations you can get today....

byRyan Robinson

April 14, 2020

Tips for Skiing Smoothly Through the Bumps of the Coronavirus Frenzy

COVID-19 signals a lot of fear. While there are many reasons for this fear, it is triggered in most of us because we have entered the unknown. We haven’t been through this before. We don’t...

byMark Cosimo

March 19, 2020