Tag: Management Learning

Leading A Successful Startup

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Startup leaders aren’t necessarily paid for moving fast and breaking things … but they are expected to experiment and iterate to drive success.’

‘You don’t have to be fully ready to go for it.’

‘You have to nail the job that you were paid to do first, before you highlight anything else you’ve done above-and-beyond.’

‘If you don’t do what you’re paid to do exceptionally well, it’s hard to make the case that you’ll be more successful once promoted.’

‘If you ask questions upfront, you can hopefully avoid finding yourself in the middle of a messy founder drama.’

‘You need to align with your colleagues enough to want to put in a lot of time together tackling challenges.’

‘You can mitigate your risk coming in the early by asking for a contractual agreement around ‘true-upping’ your cash to market rates at key revenue or fundraising milestones.’

‘Try to make the leaps manageable and within your comfort zone to set yourself up for maximum success.’

‘You need to understand markets and business areas that impact your startup, not only your particular role.’

‘If you are interested in growing into an executive role, think about how you can learn other areas of your function that you may not have owned previously.’

Source

Sarah E. Brown (2022) Lead Upwards: How Startup Joiners Can Impact New Ventures, Build Amazing Careers, and Inspire Great Teams

The 10 Most Overlooked Definitions In Leadership

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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What do they mean to you?

‘Leadership means telling the world why a company exists- its purpose- and describing a vision for how that purpose will be achieved.’

‘An organization’s culture is so much more than a slogan or poster. Culture is nothing less than the aggregate of tens of thousands of interactions and decisions every day. … Creating a culture means choosing a limited number of values that define the company as surely as its products or logo do, and then encouraging expression of those values in everyday behavior.’

‘Authenticity means people are living the same company culture that the CEO describes and that the HR department claims in job descriptions.’

‘Appreciation means recognizing work well done. It’s a subjective expression in the same way one ‘appreciates’ a work of art or a clever solution to a work problem.’

‘Engagement at work is the willingness to give discretionary effort to a job. It means voluntarily doing more than the minimum. It is an attitude confirmed by behavior.’

‘Empowerment transfers the power to achieve results from the manager to the employee.’

‘To manage is to choose among multiple options, and business situations inevitably cause a manager to choose in the moment between, for example, customer satisfaction and greater efficiency.’

‘Gamification means adding elements of game design or game mechanics to nongame contexts. In the workplace, it could include elements like awarding points for hitting milestones and competing for prizes.’

‘Commitment without alignment means wasted effort (and frustration). Alignment without commitment means wasted potential (and employee turnover). Recognition singles out great performance (commitment) that focuses on strategic goals (alignment).’

‘Measurement means relevance. Without it, any project tends to justify itself.’

Source:

Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine (2014). The Power of Thanks: How Social Recognition Empowers Employees and Creates a Best Place to Work