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How’s your small business leadership? Quality leadership is even more important during tough times. Here are some considerations for improving the leadership qualities you bring to your small business venture. Tips & Trends12 leadership tips you should know. Here are some suggestions that will transform your leadership style and have you performing more effectively in good times and in bad. These are tips every entrepreneur should internalize. Have you got some suggestions to answer? Entrepreneur What if you’re not leadership material? One of the hardest decisions for an entrepreneur to make is to leave the leadership of their company to somebody else. It’s important to be realistic about your strengths and abilities even if it means you’re not the one to lead. Inc.com Team Building BasicsAn infographic for the dependable workforce. An important part of a leader’s role can be assembling the proper workforce. Here are some tips to consider for your small business workforce in an incredible infographic that helps you think of building an effective team in a whole new way. Get Busy Media What’s the essence of leadership? The most important characteristic of leadership may be a lot simpler than you think. Read this post and see if you agree. Is there another characteristic you would list as the essence of leadership? Dr. Shannon Reece Lessons & LegacyLeadership means inspiring trust. In tough times the trust you inspire from your people becomes even more critical. Will your people follow you? Will they do what you ask them to do? Ability Success Growth Leadership for meetings with employees. Communicating with your employees is an important part of leadership. Take these tips from the U.S. military about how to deal one on one with the people on your team. Sword and the Script More AdviceDumb leadership mistakes everyone should avoid. As important as it might be to make the right decisions in small business leadership, it’s also important to avoid making the wrong ones. Here are some definite missteps you should work to avoid. Startup Professionals Musings More important tips on leadership. Here’s some simple advice for small business leadership. “Say what you’re going to do and then do what you say.” To learn more about what this means in the leadership of your company, read this important post and learn more. Jennifer Warawa Management & BrandingGetting more effective training. There are a long list of tips you can learn from the best business managers. Put these to work in your small business or entrepreneurial venture. Becoming skilled at managing your company can be one of the most important roles you can take on or delegate. Corporate Coach Group Can leadership in your field also be your brand? You bet it can! Here are some ideas on how to build your expertise, develop a brand around it, and then avoid spreading yourself too thin. It’s critical that you protect your leading position in your niche market. Michael Hartzel MORE NEWS FROM SMALL BUSINESS TRENDSBarnes & Noble Nook Tablet for Small Business Owners“Tablet computers are for kids and gamers” is the prevailing sentiment that I hear from small business owners. The logic is that a tiny handheld computer won’t really help you get your work done. Even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg dissed the iPad by stating it is not a mobile device. But despite a myriad of less-than-positive commentary, tablets are a big part of the near-term business future. Small Businesses Pay More For Health Care CoverageIn a 2009 study by the White House, small businesses pay 18% more in premiums for health coverage than their big box competitors per employee. As a small business owner are you surprised by this statistic? Creating Google Alerts Directly in Google AnalyticsA few weeks back I wrote about the powerful new metrics that small business owners can glean from the new Social reports within Google Analytics. And since that post, even more neat features have been released to help business owners learn more about not only what’s happening on their site, but what’s happening off of it, as well. Nominations Are Open for the Small Business Influencer Awards!Does a special person or company come to mind when you think of someone or something important in the world of small business? Perhaps you think of a client of yours. Or maybe a favorite vendor or supplier, or a software app that has transformed your small business or made it more profitable. Or perhaps you think of a favorite journalist who covers issues important to small businesses. G8 Leaders Call for Growth: Six Things You Can DoLeaders the world over including those at this week’s G8 Summit are calling for economic growth, not just budget tightening, in an effort to combat world market instability and speed recovery. But for all the talk in policy circles, this growth will ultimately come from the private sector and especially here in the U.S., from small to medium sized businesses that create many of the jobs and employ many of the workers already in our economy. Here’s a look at the economic growth G8 leaders are calling for and six things you can do to promote growth in your business today. RELATED SMALL BUSINESS NEWSHow Low Can Facebook Stock Go? And What Route Will It Take to Get There?Facebook ended Tuesday, its third day of trading at $31 per share -- $7 less than where it launched on Friday.... Mayan Doom or Time to Buy?According to ancient Mayan prognosticators our world should be coming to an end sometime around Christmas. If you’re sitting in Greece or JP Morgan’s bond-lending group, the end might seem like it’s already here. And off the Peruvian coast, wildlife is literally dropping from the sky.&... When 'I'm Too Sexy' Lawsuit Settles, Will IRS Win Too?This is a great country, one of equal opportunity and more. Where else could you find the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) handling a complaint alleging religious and gender discrimination occurring in a lingerie warehouse?... Want to Hangout With the SBA Chief? Join UsAs part of National Small Business Week, we'll be moderating a live chat with SBA chief Karen Mills and winners of the SBA's video contest Wednesday in a Google+ hangout. ... Private Equity Investments: A Question Of Supply And DemandThe PE investment picture as 2012 began looked very much like the one that prevailed two years ago as the industry was clawing its way back from the depths of the downturn. But as we discuss in Bain & Company’s Global Private Equity Report 2012, conditions today are more favorable for PE deal ... |
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