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Mistakes Every New Leader Makes
Author: Herb Kimble. Every day new leaders are forged, they make the same blunders. Time after time to the point where many of these mistakes are just old news. If you can learn from these beginner stumbles, you’re already a leg ahead of your peers. The Molehill Problem There’s an old saying that one shouldn’t make mountains out of molehills, meaning to avoid making a big deal out of a small problem. Leadership is hard and roadblocks can feel like a challenge to overcome. The role of a leader carries the burden of overcoming those obstacles. The molehill mindset leads to explosive conflicts over virtually every minor detail. Most of…
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Basic skills for starting or running your own business
Article Written by : Scrumpy Jack Experienced managers and CEO’s will tell you that in order to start your own business you will need to have or acquire a range of skills. This is even more important for startups. The smaller headcounts mean that a lot of the work is done by the founder. Here are a few of the skills you will need to master: Project management Being an efficient project manager will be very important. The basic gist is to achieve a specific goal or outcome while making the maximum use of resources available and delivering on schedule. There are courses on project management which will speed up…
