Feeling stumped about what you need to do to improve the motivation of your team? Turns out, it might not be what you do…..but what you say that makes all the difference. According to this article by 99U.com tweaking your wording to … Read More »
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Tips For Motivating Your Team
As entrepreneurs we all know one of the greatest keys to our success is building a high performing team. It’s crucial to get all the right people on the bus and in the right seats with complimentary skillsets. But that’s only half the battle. Once you have the … Read More »
3 Ways To Overcome The Fear Of Making Mistakes
Nobody likes to fail. Failure can be embarrassing, humiliating and emotionally upsetting, so it’s no wonder we’re naturally inclined to avoid the risk. Unfortunately, the fear of failure can also be paralyzing, which is why—as a leader it’s important to … Read More »
Failing Your Way To Success
J.K. Rowling’s Harvard Commencement speech in 2009 addressed the inevitability of failure with stories of her darkest times before the fairy tale ending that came with Harry Potter’s success. We like this article because it conveys the important message that … Read More »
Reasons to Share The Wealth
“Similar to most entrepreneurs who are starting for the first time, you will have a big challenge: You don’t have the money to pay someone to work with you full-time, so you decide to hand out shares. Imagine where your … Read More »
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Tagged entrepreneurship, finance, Institute B, rewards
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Rewards That Won’t Break The Bank
“Giving your employees money, and the freedom for them to spend it on whatever reward they choose, might sound like the recipe for a happy and more productive workplace. But evidence from an array of scientific studies says otherwise. Individual … Read More »
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Tagged entrepreneurship, Institute B, rewards
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Be Happy. Get Productive.
iB Perspective: We love this article in Fast Company because it’s proof that being happy actually makes you work harder. Yup. So follow your dreams. Do what gets you excited. And be generous to those around you. You might just … Read More »
Why You Should Let Your Ego Win
iB Perspective: We love this HBR article written by Derek Lidow because it talks about the importance of digging deep to understand what motivates you and why embracing those desires is so important. It is our most primal desires that … Read More »
Love Will Lead The Way
iB Perspective: We love this article written by Andrea Huspeni in Entrepreneur because it speaks to the heart of being an entrepreneur. Following your passion and doing what you love will fulfill everything you need and give you the strength … Read More »
Paying Attention To Your Attention Span
Upworthy released the source code for the system it uses to measure user-engagement, focused around attention minutes. Upworthy made headlines in early February when it announced the shift away from prioritizing pageviews, instead seeking to identify how much attention users … Read More »
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Tagged Darrell Kopke, Institute B, MANAGEMENT, measuring engagement
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