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Three Uncomfortable (but Vital) Leadership Truths for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Being an entrepreneur doesn’t make you a great leader, Creating opportunities for others is commendable, but true leadership goes beyond business ownership. There is so much more to leadership that builds community and creates impact. Intrigued and optimistic, I joined with the intent of expanding my business and network.

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Top 4 benefits of joining the YLAI Network

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Network is a community of inspiring young entrepreneurs and change-makers from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada who are committed to promoting economic growth, strengthening civil society and creating change in their communities. Get inspired by fellow network members accomplishments.

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Social Media and Thought Leadership for Founders

This is going to be BIG.

Being unwilling to listen to that is foolish, because it’s good information—and it’s networking 101. but in the end you should know exactly who your best few hundred (or more) potential networking leads are, and follow them. Can you imagine them talking about it later at a networking event? This is also a good spot to outsource.

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How to Launch Your Startup Without a Launch

This is going to be BIG.

Create a Following One of the things we talk about in the thought leadership course I teach, Visible Work , is to bring people along in the journey, even at the beginning before you have results, polish, or even a service to offer yet. Talk about everyone else but yourselfbecause they all have networks, communities and followings.

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BE 2.0: Self-Correction is Vital – Recognizing When Change is Needed

Paul G. Silva

Building Your Self-Correction Toolkit Based on Collins’s principles and my experience, here are tools to build self-correction into your leadership: 1. Learn More For more on building self-correction into your leadership, see Chapter 9 in BE 2.0, particularly pages 140-147 where Collins discusses the power of facing reality.

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Lighting the torch of change: Youth volunteering in Haiti

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

YLAI Network member Jimmy Regis, the public relations manager of ADIVAH (Association for Integral Development of Haitian Values) in Haiti, is a lifelong advocate of lifting up others in the community. ADIVAH is a group of youth volunteers who put their leadership into practice by serving the community. Networking in action.

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What makes a good leader: Insight from YLAI Fellows

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

In recognition of International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2020, YLAI Network members joined a conversation with nine YLAI Fellowship alumni from a variety of countries and specialties on the YLAI Network Facebook page to discuss what leadership and integrity means to them. What makes a good leader? Reward principles.