Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I sit through a lot of presentations. Understand Personality Types – One of the benefits of working for a big company (Accenture) was that we had lots of speakers come in and train us in topics like leadership, creativity, presentations, strategy, etc. Many of these are not as effective as they could be.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

teams usually outperform individuals or groups of individuals) but very few Founder CEOs are skilled at creating a high-performing senior leadership team. Teamwork is almost always lacking in companies which fail and is present within companies that succeed. It’s a myth to believe that leadership has always resided in the CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2014

You see there is a creative tension along the spectrum of time and scope. We feel pressure to hit milestones for a variety of reasons: Investor presentations, conference demos, customer sales meetings, competitive pressures, a need to drive revenue, business development commitments – whatever. CEOs are time-driven creatures.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

In celebration of Rosario’s hard work empowering a community of young changemakers, the YLAI Network team spoke with her to highlight the key factors of her non-profit volunteerism movement and get her essential advice on how to respond to the challenges of COVID-19.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2022

an award-winning online printing company that has helped over 5,000 businesses print more than 20 million presentation folders. The following is my advice on how to not just survive, but thrive, during a downturn along with examples of how we’ve used these strategies. Nobody was ordering customized presentation folders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

It’s also good advice to treat your marriage like a business partnership, in that both require commitment, communication and a shared view of values and goals. Ponce City Market presented that opportunity. Kelvin is the creative, free-spirit and I am the type-A, uptight, detail-oriented person. We are complete opposites.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 27, 2016

Certainly, there's got to be some kind of innovation, best practice, or advice that they want to hear about. That means getting out there in person showing off the awesome problems you're trying to solve and the creative solutions you solve them with. That means thought leadership--and helping each other to hone your stories.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

By sophomore year I got the inspiration to hold leadership positions in the fraternity. Having held all of the major operational functions of the fraternity I was ready for “real leadership.&#. I presented behind a lectern. I had the experience and leadership skills. Gregory was into theater. I prepared this time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

When Pete approached me for advice, I recommended the “Failure-Proofing” strategy, which is a pragmatic and easy-to-use technique to defend against planning and project disasters. Doing so empowers everyone, even those who are confident that the plan will succeed, to tap their creativity in coming up with potential reasons for the failure.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 29, 2019

The interpretations and definitions of these terms are open to some debate though and high-risk tolerance and creativity, also regarded widely as central to an entrepreneurial mindset is not included in this model. Personal strengths and weaknesses are hugely relevant to each individuals journey to effective entrepreneurial leadership.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. We realized that operating a business in distributed markets presented multi-city coordination efforts that we weren’t prepared for. were more distributed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 31, 2015

“By managing our energy more effectively throughout the day, taking breaks consistently and training our brains to be more engaged in the present moment, we can have more energy to spend in the time we do have with friends and family. The key is training ourselves to show up fully in the moments that matter most.”.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Two main challenges that remote work presents are the physical distance between employees and identifying the right technology to bridge this gap. Thus it becomes increasingly essential for leadership and management teams to set the bar for communications at work. Why Creative Leadership is Necessary for a Virtual Environment.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This approach not only sparks creativity and problem-solving but also enhances communication and teamwork. Kayvan Moghaddassi , Business Strategist, Kayvan Consulting Establish Cross-Functional Teams Collaboration among startup team members is essential for developing creativity and achieving overall success. The result?

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

We spend time looking at their org savvy, their leadership skills. And one of my biggest advice to those folks is, look, presumably, we all have the technical and functional skill set for this job. He’s had incredible stability amongst his leadership team, but that’s not always the case. Nolan Church: I love that.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Our early advice to founders was to ensure runway for 18 months in order to weather the storm. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? We lowered our check size per company.

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Reforge

JULY 12, 2022

About the Author Natalie Rothfles Natalie Rothfels is an Operator in Residence at Reforge and runs a leadership coaching practice. She has held product leadership roles at Quizlet and Khan Academy and was a classroom teacher before that. Elena Luneva - Be present. So let’s get started. You might already be a good manager.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

It felt like my whole life was consumed by this industry, when really, there’s more dimensions to me as a person, and also, what I wanted to do creatively. Craig Cannon [00:09:18] – I thought that was actually a really nice piece of advice that you gave because you interviewed at Yelp twice. It really only takes one.

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