Source: Monster | Repost QBScott 4/27/2023 – As a small business owner, you’re driven and excellent at what you do, but as your business grows, you’ll need to master a new skill—small business leadership. The qualities that make a successful entrepreneur are not identical to those needed to be an effective organizational leader. The fact…

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Source: Entrepreneur | Repost QBScott 3/16/2023 – For a small business to scale up, they need people – and people need strong leaders. Following these three simple steps will enable any small business owner to improve in the area of leadership. Regardless of industry, the majority of small business owners I work with have similar…

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Source: Forbes | Repost QBScott 1/4/2023 –  Everyone has the capacity to start their own business, whether you’re selling handmade jewelry out of your home or starting up a multimillion-dollar company. However, even if you have a lifetime of experience being a business owner, it doesn’t necessarily equate to being a true leader. There is…

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Source: Chron | Repost QBScott 7/7/2022 –  John J. Pershing, a U.S. Army general in World War I, stated, “A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” This statement holds true for business leaders today. Leadership — whether good or…

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Source: Forbes | Repost QBScott 10/6/2021 – Pop quiz: are you more of a leader or a manager in your business? When you’re a solopreneur, you’re the CEO, the janitor, and everyone in between. It’s hard to think of yourself as being a leader because the only person you’re leading is yourself. Yet simply managing…

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Source: Entrepreneur | Repost QBScott – 3/11/2021 – As business leaders, we have entered into an entirely new reality: The ongoing pandemic has forced many to reevaluate how we currently operate traditionally entrenched industries and working models. Many companies are still reacting to this “new abnormal” and have not taken the time to evaluate the…

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Source: BusinessBecause | Repost QBScott 2/25/2021 –  Some of the largest Fortune 500 companies began as startups. The entrepreneurs behind Facebook, Amazon, Apple and more, have shown how launching a startup can change the world and bring huge personal rewards. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Google co-founder Sergey Brin are among the top 10 richest…

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Source: Entrepreneur | Repost QBScott 1/7/2021 –  The impact of 2020 will stay with us for the rest of our lives. It marks a critical inflection point of before and after. It is a year that blindsided many small-business owners. We’ve seen new businesses birthed with success and others thriving amid chaos. We’ve seen neighborhood…

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