The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 14, 2024

Entrepreneurs are often portrayed as bending the world through sheer force of will. While such personalities can be beneficial, they also have a dark side, with the likes of Elizabeth Holmes demonstrating how it can lead entrepreneurs astray. It’s only when these dark traits reach extreme levels that problems emerge.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 23, 2012

There is an inherent fear for people that aren’t entrepreneurs. They believe that hiring an entrepreneur will somehow infect the rest of the staff and cause them to defect. While this may be true to a degree, there is so much more your company can gain from having an entrepreneur in its presence. They want to learn.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 15, 2019

In this chronological account beginning with the American Revolution, the genius of America’s innovative success is not only its tolerance of but also its penchant for creative destruction. The authors talk not only of the familiar product innovation but also America’s process innovation—innovation in management and organizing production.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 16, 2023

Stress and burnout have been regular bedfellows during the Covid pandemic, and one might imagine that this is a particular problem for entrepreneurs whose incomes were inevitably more fragile. They believe that this might be due in part to the high degree of autonomy that is available to entrepreneurs.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Nearly ten years ago, a group of researchers from Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and Rutgers shed light on a disconcerting phenomenon: discrimination within the realm of bank loan services, which cast a shadow over the American Dream for minority entrepreneurs.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Startups are renowned for their creativity and innovation, but this can often dry up once the unique pressures of going public are imposed on a firm. Research from Duke University explores why some companies have managed to remain innovative after going public while others have struggled. Free from pressure.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 10, 2022

Whether you’re a homemaker turning a hobby into a business or a dedicated innovator looking to create the next big thing, there are certain basic skills that you can improve and build upon to enhance your chances of success. Business management. Time management. These are the skills that no entrepreneur can do without.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The path to success can be fraught with challenges between managing finances, inspiring teams, and staying ahead of the competition. If you’re seeking ‘aha moments’ that shift your perspective and fuel growth, entrepreneur coaching may be your missing link. Unlock Creativity You’re brimming with ideas.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a female entrepreneur, it is essential to understand the capabilities of technology in order to connect with customers and cultivate meaningful relationships. Through various innovations, businesses can respond quickly to customer inquiries without the need for additional staff or resources.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2023

“It’s what we call non disruptive creation that allows us to innovate and grow without disruption and social pain,” share the authors W. Nondisruptive creation has three distinctive characteristics : First : It can be generated by a scientific invention or a technology-driven innovation. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 4, 2022

” I wrote last year about the crucial role slack plays in integrating innovations into any organization, as new technologies will need to be tested, new processes introduced, training on the new ways of working delivered, and so on. A study from the Innovation Unit outlined a number of things that could help to create such demand.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

I’ve coached literally thousands of entrepreneurs in my twenty years in higher education and the business world, and have owned multiple businesses during that time. Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2021

“We found that entrepreneurs benefit much more from emotional competences than other competencies — such as IQ — due to high uncertainty and ambiguity that comes with the world of entrepreneurship and even more applicable in a crisis,” the researchers explain. ” Managing uncertainty. .

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For instance, I wrote recently about the importance of immigrants for jobs after new research from Kellogg School of Management showed that immigrants actually create a huge number of jobs by virtue of their entrepreneurial abilities. Immigrant entrepreneurs. The post What It Is That Make Immigrants Such Good Entrepreneurs?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation Z and younger millennials, how it influences their behaviour at work, and how they want to be led in the workplace. Beyond Disruption : Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs by W. Chan Kim and Renée A.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

When leaders expressed empathy for their team, it increased a team’s innovation and engagement, improved customer service, and helped them balance their home and work life. You can become an empathic leader whether you’re a new manager, a C-suite executive, or you’re simply leading by example in any job even if you don’t manage anyone.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 30, 2021

Pretty much all self-respecting accelerator programs provide their entrepreneurs with pitch training to help them secure the vital investment they so desperately need in order to grow (or survive). “Others might be engaging in impression management, in other words, faking it.” A varied pitch.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. Stages three and four lean heavily on disciplined management systems and processes.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2020

The answer is probably ‘yes’, and the most successful entrepreneurs know that. Could you be a better entrepreneur? No entrepreneur knows everything, though many of them give that impression. They could give you advice regarding your style of management and the structure of your business’ daily operations.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 19, 2022

The INSEAD paper suggests that the focus on the business model also prompts entrepreneurs to place more emphasis on the idea itself and less on the business, and especially its structure. This is when managers are often forced upon the founders to try and whip their organizations into shape. Organizational structure. Forced hand.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 8, 2020

In a recent article I explored some of the unique challenges facing female entrepreneurs who continue to battle explicit and implicit discrimination over and above the existing challenges of running a startup. New research was undertaken in association with the World Bank to test the most effective means of training entrepreneurs.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As an entrepreneur, you may need to go into agreements with various professionals along the way, for example, contracting some independent service providers. Guard all your ideas and innovations. Being an entrepreneur mainly involves identifying problems and coming up with creative ways to solve such gaps.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 9, 2020

Mentoring transforms big ideas into high-impact innovations. Having worked with dozens of the Fortune 1000 companies, coached startups, and founded three companies, I can say there’s a universal truth when it comes to innovation: big ideas are just ideas until they deliver real value to the world.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Co-Intelligence : Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

A new paper from INSEAD documents a trial undertaken to test a new training program for entrepreneurs that aims to help improve their competencies in areas such as networking, human capital management and business model innovation. ” Learning to be an entrepreneur. ” Learning to be an entrepreneur.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2015

As an entrepreneur, I have worked tirelessly to regain some semblance of comfort and financial security. You cannot dare do the same thing as an entrepreneur when you are still the HR manager, marketing guru, office manager, janitor, tech guy, sales staff, CFO and CEO. It is an opportunity to create and be innovative.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 22, 2020

Being able to explain the failure of your startup obviously has key implications for your future career, whether as a seasoned entrepreneur or in the salaried world. New research from Aalto University explores the different approaches entrepreneurs often take when telling their tale. Seldom did they place any blame on external factors.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2021

Real life just isn’t like that, and the sooner entrepreneurs learn to think like this the better. So, hire a risk consultant from a risk firm or do an internal risk management project that can address these issues. Every entrepreneur needs a hero. Unfortunately, that kind of storyline is only viable in Hollywood. Need a hero?

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

Management Transformed Managing in a Marathon Crisis Management Transformed: Managing in a Marathon Crisis is a CMI research project exploring the extraordinary challenges and new ways of working that emerged in 2020. In August 2020, CMI polled nearly 2,300 senior leaders, managers and employees.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 8, 2024

02:16] The introduction of Tanya Luna, highlighting her ventures and the book “Lead Together,” underscores her commitment to innovative leadership principles and the creation of humane workplaces. Embracing a shared purpose paves the way for a culture of learning and growth, essential for cultivating a better team. [00:14]

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 3, 2014

We are honored to have been featured on Huddle Recruit’s list of 20 insightful leadership and management sites. The list is designed to help entrepreneurs and innovators stay on top of the latest advice, and is a helpful resource for anyone hoping to refine their leadership skills.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

We live in an age where you can cut it out as an online entrepreneur online with the rising number of business opportunities cropping up in the digital space. Well, the answer to being a successful internet entrepreneur is in being innovative and ready to adapt. Trends point towards a better future for Internet entrepreneurs.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Tim Eisenmann is a professor at Harvard Business School, where he’s led The Entrepreneurial Manager , a required course for all of their MBAs. But they are more likely to boost the odds of failure by creating yet one more serious problem for management to deal with. T HE FACT IS most startups fail. So, he set out to find out.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2019

As president and co-founder of Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen, Whitney Johnson utilized the theory of disruptive innovation to invest in publicly traded stocks and private early stage companies. Perhaps innovative thinking among your management team has stalled. Dare to innovate.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Most new entrepreneurs are at several particular and distinct disadvantages to the established players in their fields. For a new entrepreneur , there are all sorts of different things that should be taken into account when it comes to following the most productive path forward.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Here’s my candidate for the worst innovation quote ever: Now, to be fair, it’s actually a paraphrasing of Emerson. Nevertheless, it reflects a very common innovation misconception – that it’s all about the idea. Innovation is the process of idea management. Or, to be more accurate, a misquote.

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