Turn Ordinary Responsibility Into Extraordinary Leadership Whether you were born with a talent for leadership or had leadership thrust upon you, the success of your business depends on you. With insights from over 20 contributors, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders, Entrepreneur Voices on Effective Leadership will help you: Define the leadership style that fits you best Grow your business by inspiring your employees Take initiative and lead effectively in any position Earn trust from team members with empathy Develop leaders from within your staff Avoid mistakes that could ruin your reputation Reinvent yourself and your culture after a crisis Plus, gain insider tips from exclusive interviews with Kodak's former CMO Jeffrey Hayzlett, former NFL linebacker Matt Mayberry, and social entrepreneurship advocate and author Jason Haber.

Does Your Company Culture Fit Your Business Strategy? A high-performing company culture can translate into happy employees, a productive and engaging work environment, and fluid communications. To help you define and create a culture that works in today's competitive world, Entrepreneur's community of small business owners and entrepreneurs share their battle-tested strategies, hard-won advice, and secrets behind what works and what doesn't. Entrepreneur Voices on Company Culture will help you to: Create a culture that fits your brand and leadership style Hire the right team that will support your mission Increase your team's productivity without causing burnout Retain your best employees with creative and effective appreciation Avoid the tragic mistakes made by companies that have come before you Plus, learn how WP Engine's CEO realized cultures can be created by accident, why Raising Cane's makes every employee spend time as a fry cook, and how the founder of Blue Fish stayed afloat after everyone quit on the same day.

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Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Team As a manager, you tend to walk a tightrope with executives on one side and employees on the other. But while managing personalities, team dynamics, and company culture aren't your only responsibilities, they are vital to the well-being of any company. To help you boost productivity and find the right management style for you, the staff of Entrepreneur helps you tap into the expertise of over 20 contributors and learn how to: Delegate the right jobs to the right people Decentralize management and boost employee productivity Promote accountability with remote and in-house staff Motivate your team with radical candor and genuine appreciation Create a culture that fits your brand and management style Supervise a staff without breathing down people's necks Plus, get an inside look at the management styles of Karim Abouelnaga, founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, Dr. Riaz Khadem, founder of Infotrac and author of Total Alignment, Chung-Man Tam, CEO of Homesuite, and Glenn Llopis, chairman of the Glenn Llopis Group and author of The Innovation Mentality.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to compare the personal leadership practices of unsuccessful and successful entrepreneurs. The focus of the research was on determining what personal leadership practices are used by successful entrepreneurs, what personal leadership practices are used by unsuccessful entrepreneurs, and what differences in personal leadership practices could be observed between the 2 groups. In bringing clarity to the practices of both groups, this research contributed by (a) giving insight into the personal leadership practices common to all entrepreneurs, and (b) giving insight into the personal leadership practices unique to successful entrepreneurs. The quantitative research instrument used in this study was the Byrd Personal Leadership Inventory (BPLI; 2008), which is one of the few validated instruments measuring personal leadership practices. The statements on the instrument are designed to identify the practices used in influencing one's own internal experience or self. Concerning the 6 personal leadership practices measured---Attending to Judgment, Attending to Emotion, Attending to Physical Sensation, Cultivating Stillness, Engaging Ambiguity, and Aligning With Vision---the data showed that the successful entrepreneurs in the sample were using the practices much more often than the unsuccessful entrepreneurs in the sample. The results of the data analysis revealed the critical differences between the personal leadership practices used by both unsuccessful and successful entrepreneurs. By revealing the critical differences between both groups, this study created a personal leadership path to entrepreneurial success. While entrepreneurship is studied widely, the findings of this study give reason to look more closely at the relationship between personal leadership and entrepreneurial success. While a clear relationship between entrepreneurial success and personal leadership was observed in the sample used in this study, a much larger sample should be studied further to ascertain whether the same results hold true generally for the larger population of entrepreneurs. The researcher believes that because the differences between the personal leadership practices of both groups in the sample were so drastic, a larger study will likely have similar results.

It's one thing to come up with a good business idea, and quite another to marshal the people, money, and other resources entrepreneurs need to make the dream a successful reality. That's why most businesses fail within the first two years. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Successful Leadership helps budding moguls make it out of the toddler phase of entrepreneurship and into adolescence and adulthood with confidence. A concise and practical guide to leading smaller enterprises, the book is based on a proven, nine-step model of effective leadership developed by Dan Goldberg—the founder of the For Eyes optical chain—and entrepreneur and educator Don Martin. Step by step, readers learn what real leadership looks like and how to lead and grow the successful enterprise. Creating a vibrant business starts with understanding who you are, say the authors, and then coming up with a vision, mission, and strategy. That's the easy part. The hard part is to execute the strategy in line with your dreams, while using effective, ethical tactics to establish the business and prosper. Seasoned hands, the authors make that job easier, while helping entrepreneurs understand what makes employees tick and helping them become their productive best. The hard work not only gets easier, say the authors—it pays off as entrepreneurs watch their fledgling businesses take graceful flight. This book is a treasure chest that provides key insights and methods in the form of real-life stories, humor, strategies, techniques, exercises, checklists, templates, and other resources. Each illustrates in a unique way how good leaders achieve powerful results. Many books on leadership are gimmicky. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Successful Leadership focuses—in clear, simple, and direct terms—on the essential fundamentals, the blocking and tackling, required for business success.

A senior corporate executive, an entrepreneur, and a high-ranking CEO offer insight on leadership, business success, and the secret to effective organizations in this discussion of the interaction between entrepreneurs, corporations, and communities. It addresses the key themes facing businesses everywhere: leadership and decision-making at the turn of the century, organizational change, and a renewed awareness of the importance of community and the spirit. Presenting a model of a united front of all three approaches to business when the strengths of each are combined, this book offers practical considerations and encourages shifts in perception.