Your can sink or swim in your first 90 days as CEO. Set your course early, and show your team members that you’re ready to lead them for the long haul.…
When you have an employee who needs to go, you might feel tempted to leave a resignation letter template lying on the copier. While that might work in some cases, passive-aggressive strategies rarely leave employees feeling good about their departures. Just like ending a business partnership, ending an employment agreement can be painful. No one enjoys firing an employee who genuinely wants to do well. Letting people go…
How to End a Business Partnership on Good Terms
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 28, 2019
Every business partnership has ups and downs. Usually, the lowlands and peaks balance each other out. When the valleys become the status quo, however, it may be time to dissolve the partnership. The good news for partners in this predicament is that there are always other entrepreneurial fish in the sea; you can even use a dating app to find them. In the meantime, though, you have to…
How to Turn an Underperformer Into One of Your Strongest Employees
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 24, 2019
When your co-worker underperforms, you have the option of looking the other way. But when you’re the team leader, you’re in a different position. As a manager, you’re expected to deal effectively with underperformers — either by letting them go or helping them improve. Easier said than done, right? However, with the proper mix of patience, guidance, and tact, you can manage your direct reports to success and…
Didn’t Start at the Bottom? Here’s How You Can Still Lead Like You Did
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 22, 2019
Are good business leaders born or made in the trenches? Early work experience forges how a person will lead. For many successful CEOs, starting out on the company’s bottom rung has been an invaluable opportunity for learning. For example, David Cote started out at General Electric as an hourly employee when he was 21. By age 33, he’d worked his way up to a midlevel financial planner role…
12 Best Motivational Speakers to Capture Your Audience
by / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / May 11, 2019
Whether you’re looking to engage your audience, employees, customers, or family and friends, it boils down to communication. When you can effectively speak with others, you’re aligning your objectives, goals, and values with theirs. You’re also letting them know why and how they’re important within the bigger picture. Needless to say, this is an important area everyone should strengthen. One of the best ways to achieve this is…
Last Summer I surveyed my Idea Lemon audience the following question, When you ask to meet someone for the first time (this could be a professional connection, a friendly encounter, or even a date) what do you typically suggest? -Let’s Grab Coffee -Let’s Grab A Drink -Other (Lunch, tea, Let the person pick) The poll results showed coffee coming back at 49%, followed by an alcoholic libation at…
6 Lessons From 4 Years In Business
by / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 12, 2016
Recently my business, Idea Lemon, celebrated its 4 year anniversary. I use the word ‘celebrated’ loosely because really that meant Linkedin notified me it had been 4 years since I first added Idea Lemon to my profile, and I looked up at my Cofounder, Martin, and said, “Hey, apparently its our 4 year anniversary today.” He replied with, “Oh really? Cool,” and we got back to work. While there…
What Really Matters When You Give A TED Talk
by / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship• Personal Branding / April 25, 2016
If you’ve ever dreamed of giving a TED/TEDx Talk, you’ve probably also dreamed of the potential fame that comes along with it. “People will bust down my door to interview me!” “I’ll get tons of business opportunities!” “I’ll be Youtube famous!” Those things are certainly POSSIBLE, but let me feed you a truth sandwich and tell you that they aren’t likely. And that’s okay, because fame is…
Learn How to Level Up Your Life
by / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship• Health & Fitness• Personal Branding• Podcast• Startup Advice• Travel• Uncategorized / February 9, 2016
Stop Procrastinating – Become a Super Hero – Go on an Epic Quest! In this week’s interview, Steve Kamb (@SteveKamb) from NerdFitness tells us about his transformation from super nerd to super hero. Instead of reading Harry Potter for the 19th time Steve took a deep look at his behavioral psychology and learned how to turn into a badass adrenaline junkie. Steve has lectured at Google, Facebook, and Vanderbilt…