Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

Many leaders see their roles as presiders/managers, with a primary focus on keeping results consistent with past performance and on budget. They need to learn to launch new initiatives, inspire others, and champion innovative approaches. The Soul of an Entrepreneur : Work and Life Beyond the Startup Myth by David Sax.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago I wrote about innovation and entrepreneurship in Norway and Qatar. A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office is a good case in point, with the blame placed on access to finance and regulatory hurdles. High-skilled entrepreneurs. Opportunity costs. Positive or negative?

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In 2017 the European Commission published a report highlighting the importance of boosting innovation across the European Union, after statistics emerged highlighting the clear east-west divide in entrepreneurship across Europe. They also examine the strength of the innovation ecosystems in various countries. Fertile ground.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 2, 2019

Entrepreneurs and startups face an uphill battle as they launch. Against these daunting odds, entrepreneurs must not only be innovative, but determined to succeed not matter what happens. “Entrepreneurs need to treat negotiation as a critical skill.” 8 Common Mistakes of Entrepreneurs. .

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 16, 2011

Tough-Minded Ways to Innovate. But after Pearson’s corporate life atop PepsiCo, he became an insightful HBR contributor, particularly with regard to innovation. Innovative companies are led by innovative leaders. Successful companies get things done, control performance, spot problems and bring in the budget.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 4, 2022

. “This then gives people the base and the outlook to be entrepreneurial as they have both the optimistic mindset all entrepreneurs need and the functioning institutions to help them.” Transparency – with the openness of information and motives, especially when related to policy and budget decisions.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As an entrepreneur in the construction industry, you might find yourself juggling a backlog of accounts payable, a stack of past-due invoices from suppliers and new projects in your pipeline that require even more equipment and materials ASAP. Are You Striving to Innovate and Improve Your Business?

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 16, 2023

I was meeting with a successful entrepreneur when he said something which caused me to further reflect. Simply doing their role – as they should – they “hold the line”, enforce the rules, and ensure the budget is followed. And budgets.) Every team needs both protectors and advancers.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A successful entrepreneur gave me this advice a number of years ago. Simply doing their role – as they should – they “hold the line”, enforce the rules, and ensure the budget is followed. And budgets.). Every organization needs both protectors and advancers. Advancers often frustrate protectors.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2019

Most entrepreneurs and business professionals understand that to truly thrive within business, they must have valuable business skills. Each year, new innovations and trends in business arise. Social media evolves rapidly, therefore, any entrepreneur needs to stay on top of the most popular platforms, without falling behind.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Entrepreneurs want to see their businesses grow. Having a well-thought marketing strategy will help you direct your budget on the most effective communication channels. It drives innovation and promotes better employee engagement, resulting in higher productivity and profitability. Growth can be organic or inorganic.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 23, 2020

These are important questions and venture capitalists are eager to support entrepreneurs who claim to have figured out the 21 st century human resources management model particularly because the market is strong. But entrepreneurs will soon nurture hot and disruptive ideas as VCs continue pouring big money across this space.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Amongst the world’s ambitious graduates are some of the next generation’s entrepreneurs and innovators. Let’s take a look at some of the most common financial blunders graduate entrepreneurs make. Brimming with optimism, entrepreneurs are renowned for overestimating revenue. Not having a business plan. Year 4 – $3.2M

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2019

More and more new entrepreneurs are looking for alternative funding strategies to gather their starting capital. Startups, especially, have a hard time convincing banks that their innovative idea is going to be profitable. Indeed, money-lending institutions can make it difficult for new businesses to apply for a commercial loan.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 1, 2012

Like Monster, Red Bull was also created by an entrepreneur. Without a large budget, Mateschitz relied on sampling students to create word-of-mouth awareness. This is game-changing thinking by new-game entrepreneurs. A market did not exist for his brainchild; Mateschitz believed he could create one.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

By emphasizing problem-solving skills in the performance evaluation process, employers can create a culture of innovation and growth. Consistently comes up with innovative solutions to problems. As the acclaimed entrepreneur and author, Jim Rohn, once said, “Time is more valuable than money.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

This includes forecasting, budgeting, and performance management systems. Survival is the prime directive for a start-up; there’s no budget for overhead or time to think of the long term. The CEO will become less of a doer and innovator and more of a leader of leaders. Taking Another Look at the Leadership Pyramid.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This month, participants were given a choice of submitting a recent post or tackling the question of coping with external leadership challenges (for example, budget allocations or opposition from community entities). Jane Perdue of the Braithwaite Innovation Group contributed How To Involve The Right People In The Right Way.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 24, 2022

Studies prove that companies with more diversity in their ranks are more innovative, expand their markets, and perform better financially. Much of DEIB work doesn't involve budget. A recognized diversity leader, Owyoung was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Women of Impact in 2021.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

The impact of “social entrepreneurs” — individuals who deploy innovation and market forces to fill social needs — is growing. That social entrepreneurs can make a difference is not in question ( here are dozens of examples). But entrepreneurs have more control in this area. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

It’s the eternal question that every new entrepreneur faces. Indeed, for a lot of businesses with a limited budget, even the choice of the most necessary equipment can prove a huge and sometimes insurmountable expense. Ensure innovative tech doesn’t lead to disruption. What is a business without proper technology?

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 4, 2011

by Alexander Hiam, author of Business Innovations for Dummies. The key to improved results is innovative actions that, while they stick within the limits of your budget, also take you in exciting new directions. Here are some resolutions to help small or mid-sized businesses innovate in 2011. . Be proactive in 2011. .

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Every February, businesses in India wait with bated breath for the country’s finance minister to announce the Union Budget. All major decisions – investment, expansion, diversification – come to a standstill as business leaders play the budget guessing game. And then, budget day came and budget day went.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 20, 2019

I was meeting with a successful entrepreneur recently. Simply doing their role they “hold the line”, enforce the rules, and ensure the budget is maintained. He said something I found interesting and it caused me to further reflect. Protectors build systems. Advancers challenge them. Protectors often frustrate advancers.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

Despite good intentions—and widespread acceptance of the importance of innovation—efforts to innovate at large companies often lack a clear mission and framework, and as a result, they go off the rails. At Samsung, the other aspects of the innovation process are relatively well managed at the operating level.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. It’s a lesson for countries around the world: Once manufacturing bids farewell, engineering and production know-how depart as well, and innovation activities eventually follow.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Today, inner cities are "in" — innovative, hip hotbeds of convenient culture, commerce and connection. The centripetal force of today's cities is pulling the ambitious and educated back in, and increasing cities' innovative capacity, without sacrificing (at least some would argue) their inclusiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Is there a corporate leader who doesn't extol the virtues of innovation these days? Yet if innovation is so important, why do so many companies have so much trouble with it? The reflexive response is that it is a human capital problem — that is, that most people just don't have what it takes to successfully innovate.

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Women's Leadership Exchange

OCTOBER 5, 2010

billion in tax cuts for these entrepreneurs. A New $30 Billion Small Business Lending Fund: The bill would establish a new $30 billion Small Business Lending Fund which – by providing capital to small banks with incentives to increase small business lending – could support several multiples of that amount in new credit.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

But when you are leading innovation, the world is anything but predictable. By definition, innovation deals with the unknown. And that's why you are the biggest problem when it comes to innovation. In the face of the unknown, serial entrepreneurs act. MORE ON KNOCKING DOWN BARRIERS TO INNOVATION.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Looking at a recent release of data from The Great Social Enterprise Census , only a fifth are larger than $2 million in budget, just 8% employ more than a 100 people, and 60% were founded in the past 8 years, when the movement really began to gain momentum. Social enterprise in the U.S. is a fast-growing, but fragmented, movement.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It is a fast growing field and attracts a lot of entrepreneurs and innovators. There are many production duties involved, right from budgeting, to marketing to handling the crew, hiring, scouting. They do everything from analyzing users’ needs to designing applications and helping write code to improve existing software.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

"You have to deliver $300 million in incremental growth by 2015," the business unit head told the leader of his innovation team. While $300 million might sound like a ridiculously large number to small business owners or entrepreneurs, leaders in many global giants consider the amount a drop in the bucket.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

One of the biggest challenges social entrepreneurs face is securing funding to set up their organizations and realize their ideas. Or can social entrepreneurs use the same techniques that for profit startup entrepreneurs use, and still make a big impact on a smaller budget? Even younger members joined in.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. An alternative emerging at healthcare institutions worldwide is human-centered design and co-creation, a set of approaches that can accelerate and humanize healthcare innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2012

If asked to state their three biggest frustrations with their innovation efforts, I bet most of them would say: my organization lacks good ideas, we don't have enough resources to drive innovation, and innovation takes too long. My general rule of thumb is that companies can safely cut about 50% of their innovation projects.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

New research , funded by the Tony Elumelu Foundation and conducted by my team at the African Institution of Technology , shows that within Africa, innovation is accelerating and the continent is finding better ways of solving local problems, even as it attracts top technology global brands. Opportunity is on the rise in Africa.

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