RecruitTheBest Daily Digest- ‘Entrepreneurial Leadership’ In Action

Realise you will need different operating systems for different tasks as you move from manager to leader. Be flexible and patient with yourself as you try on different lenses.’

Don’t let your brand limit you to the familiar. Understand your meta brand and its possibilities.’

Every entrepreneurial leader needs a plan to help him or her escape the strong gravitational pull of work.’

Set boundaries on your work to make room for nonwork interests and communities.’

Work hard to articulate a clear purpose, a desired end result, what winning looks like.’

Break down your mission into a limited number of goals that can be measured by meaningful, qualified, and time-bound deliverables.’

Ensure your goals align with your values and with the actions necessary to achieve them.’

Make sure everyone in your organization can recite its top three goals.’

Correct misalignments unless they are over values. When values aren’t aligned, someone must leave the organization.’

Invest in culture by rewarding those who behave consistently with it and coaching or removing those who violate it.’

‘Teams succeed and fail together.’

Trust is enhanced by delivering on promises.’

Source:

Joel Peterson (2020). Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff

Why Passion Is Not Enough

Work today like no one else will so you can live tomorrow like no one else can.’

No one will value you if you don’t first value yourself.’

You’re never going to advance if you allow yourself to slide. … The ability to drive yourself past your comfort zone is the difference between a person who can run incredibly fast and an Olympic athlete.’

Say it, set it, do it. And then do it again!’

The moment you stop improving is the moment you stagnate.’

If we just show up when others don’t and outwork everyone else, we can accomplish great things in this world.’

When you can create exactly what your client needs without them even having to ask, price becomes an afterthought.’

Never forget that you are your own greatest resource. When you work harder than most, the world is there for the taking… and then, the changing.’

No one can toot your own horn like you can.’

Attitude is just as important as aptitude, possibly even more so.’

Where does the buck stop?

Source:

Liz Elting (2024). Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business