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Beware the Leader’s Curse

Lead Change Blog

As an entrepreneur or founder, the bond you have with the company you created can be as strong as that of a parent with her child. Checks and Balances —Schedule your own annual performance review. Like Michelangelo, you, the entrepreneur, executive, or leader, are free to attempt as many masterpieces as you want.

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Entrepreneurs: Do you have a People Strategist?

LDRLB

The former in a small start up and the latter during the growth phases (assuming performance review discussions actually happen). So what can an entrepreneur do? By serving the entrepreneur and questioning him as an insider, while bringing the perspectives of an outsider. Enter, the Human Capital Strategist!

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Incorporating 160 Effective Performance Phrases in Your Performance Appraisal Review Templates

HR Digest

While it’s easy to fall into the trap of using generic phrases and templates, truly effective performance reviews require a personalized touch. To make the most of performance appraisals, it’s important to use performance appraisal examples that reflect your organization’s culture and values.

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Measurement of Success in Business

Strategy Driven

As an entrepreneur, the one thing that you want to see is growth, but that growth does not necessarily mean that the bank account is filling up nicely. Most entrepreneurs who are new to the game will place a very high value on the income statement and can tend to forget about the balance sheet. Customer satisfaction signs.

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How to Manage People in Your Small Business

Strategy Driven

Give regular feedback – Don’t wait until a performance review to provide feedback. By communicating regularly, on a one-on-one basis, you can discuss current projects and review any challenges an employee may be facing. In turn, your employees will feel less worried about annual reviews of their performance.

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5 Ways to Look Before Making the Entrepreneurial Leap

Women on Business

Sometimes that means a hard reckoning–because being an entrepreneur is quite the lifestyle change. Then we have performance reviews, and–let’s face it–at most jobs, it’s pretty easy to figure out how to make sure that your boss is happy enough to give you a passing review. It’s laid out in a handy little job description.

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Weekly Round-Up: When Employees Give Feedback, Building Trust & 7 High-Impact Approaches for Employee Development

leaderCommunicator

When Employees Give Feedback By Matt Straz, Switch & Shift “ Performance reviews, while they’ve earned a bad rap, mean well. These articles will provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network. So whether you’re a new leader or an industry veteran there’ll be something here for you.