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5 Leadership Lessons for Every Entrepreneur

Strategy Driven

The decision to become an entrepreneur comes with many responsibilities, challenges, and positive or negative financial consequences, depending on how well your planning and execution did. Entrepreneurs need to be able to lead their teams and motivate their employees. This strategy can be implemented by storytelling.

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Empathy-Driven Leadership: How to Be Compassionately Competitive in a For-Profit World

Leading Blog

Isn’t that for directors of nonprofits and starry-eyed Millennial entrepreneurs with idealistic dreams? Leaders are in a position to influence how we think about the relationship between empathy and industry. The Empathy Edge definitively answers these questions showing how for-profit leaders can use empathy to gain the upper hand.

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130: The Storyteller’s Secret: Why Some Ideas Catch on and Others Don’t | with Carmine Gallo

Engaging Leader

Storytelling is the most underrated skill [among entrepreneurs]. ~ Ben Horowitze, famed venture capitalist Storytelling is the act of framing an idea as a narrative to inform, illuminate, and inspire. The ability to package ideas into a compelling story is one of the most proven skills that makes leaders successful.

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Simple Techniques to Overcome Negative Emotions When Negotiating with Others

Leading Blog

Entrepreneurs who can negotiate well are better equipped to deal with the challenges they face in relationships significant to their business. Still, other studies showed that similarity, also called affiliation, is a primary factor that influences personal human connection – the building of rapport between individuals.

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7 Brand Management Software Solutions For Your Business

Strategy Driven

Entrepreneurs understand the importance of strong and consistent branding. Whether it’s your artwork, tone of voice, marketing materials, or storytelling; each part of your brand must be handled with care. Other features of Brand 24 include sentiment analysis, topic grouping, and influencer score.

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LeadershipNow 140: February 2014 Compilation

Leading Blog

Your Greatest Source of Influence by @JesseLynStoner. How I Almost Died: A Cautionary Tale for Entrepreneurs by @figliuolo Take care of yourself. 8 Storytelling Tips for Business Leaders from@Stanfordbiz. Here are a selection of tweets from February 2014 that you might have missed: My 12 Rules for Success by Bill Marriott.

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Frontline Festival: February 2016

Let's Grow Leaders

Michelle Cubas, CPCC, ACC, of Positive Potentials, LLC shares that coaching business leaders and entrepreneurs provides her with a helicopter view of how individual styles affect the “weather” in companies and organizations. He shares two clear and easy-to-use suggestions that will help you build your influence today.

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