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How To Help Your Team Think Like an Entrepreneur

Let's Grow Leaders

Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin’s favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: “If this was your company, would you _ (make this decision, hold this meeting, spend money in this matter, invest in this project)?” 5 Ways to Help Your Team Think Like Entrepreneurs.

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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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Tailored Executive Coaching for the Entrepreneur: Vision to Victory

N2Growth Blog

The Importance of Executive Coaching for the Entrepreneur Regardless of their industry or background, the entrepreneur faces unique challenges on their entrepreneurial journey. It is said that big doors swing on small hinges; this metaphor is especially true for the entrepreneur.

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Business Dean Search: Uncovering Leadership for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs

N2Growth Blog

A truly effective leader fosters an inclusive culture of innovation and collaboration, which is critical to creating a dynamic learning environment. In today’s rapidly changing business environment, a good business program must build and maintain a culture of innovation, adaptability, and adventure (i.e., comfort with risk).

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How Innovation Naturally Emerges From Deliberate Inefficiency

Eric Jacobson

“The fact is that most companies are structured to maximize efficiency and minimize risk, resulting in an environment that ultimately prevents meaningful innovations,” explains Elliott Parker , author of the new book, The Illusion of Innovation. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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How Crime Affects Entrepreneurs

The Horizons Tracker

Visibility is normally something entrepreneurs strive for. Research from Iowa State University highlights that things aren’t so straightforward in developing countries, however, as greater visibility might make entrepreneurs more likely to be victims of crime. An active target “Sometimes criminals just seize an opportunity.

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Female Entrepreneurs Still Suffer From Implicit Bias

The Horizons Tracker

Female entrepreneurs pursuing innovative business ventures face a significant hurdle in securing funding due to unconscious bias exhibited by investors, as revealed by a study conducted by Northeastern University. The study highlights a particular instance that exemplifies the implicit biases at play.