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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Leading with Authenticity: How to Become and Remain an Authentic Brand

StartupNation

There are many definitions of “brand.” A brand’s representation of reality begins with and grows under the leadership of a company’s founders, its CEO and its top executives. A brand should be rooted in a company’s heritage and culture, connected to a set of core values that are the company’s very reason for being.

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This YLAI Fellow is influencing sustainable behavior in his Dominican Republic community

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

To celebrate Porfirio’s efforts in creating job opportunities in his community, and in leading them toward a culture of sustainability, the YLAI Network asked him a few questions about Green Depot’s successes. If you were to give a piece of advice to a YLAI Network member looking to make a difference in their community, what would you say? .

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In the Vault: Turning Developers Into Clients With Marco Argenti From Goldman Sachs

Andreessen Horowitz

So, we developed this leadership talent for engineers, the first of which is build with purpose. ” Those questions and then having them written into narratives, fundamentally started to change the culture. Marco: Yeah, and that was definitely new. Maybe talk a little bit about that shift.

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The Rise of Fractional Executives

Reforge

A Fractional Executive offers their expertise to a business as part-time leaders, often brought in to help fill leadership gaps or leverage external experience in a new phase of the company’s growth. As a result, these roles often require highly efficient leadership and management styles.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

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. As somebody who has seen the shift from Innovation to Systematization many times I can tell you that culturally it is very hard for organizations.

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Real leaders embrace their weakness

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I need your advice.” ” “Weakness need not be feared and despised, even in a culture that prizes and elevates youth and beauty.”. “Weakness need not be feared and despised, even in a culture that prizes and elevates youth and beauty.” He took a bead on me with those steel-blue penetrating eyes.