Tag Archives: Leadership

Elevate Talent By Maximizing Your Current Employees

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Mike Michalowicz

It has been said before that everyone has a talent of some sort. And while this may be true, it is also true that many people never really get a chance to act on it or hone that skill so that it becomes more developed and possibly useful. On the same level, you may also want a more talented workforce for your company. Rather than firing and hiring, hoping to find more talented people, look at what you have and work on helping them. . .

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How To Motivate Your Employees

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Mike Michalowicz

People who feel like they have nothing to be motivated about are typically protecting themselves from feeling failure. They don’t believe in themselves and that presents as being demotivated or unmotivated. Start motivating people simply by… Read More

Posted in Hiring & Firing, Human Resources, Managing Focus | Tagged employee relations, Leadership, leading, managing, mike michalowicz, motivation, toilet paper entrepreneur | Leave a comment

Characteristics Of Great Entrepreneurs

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Mike Michalowicz

Great entrepreneurs have a lot in common that makes them successful over others. They have tremendous people skills, motivation and perseverance to keep going. They also hold a many number of traits, that help to gain respect from others and make them the leaders they have to be in order to be a success……

Posted in Exceeding Expectations, Getting Clients, Managing Focus | Tagged characteristics, entreprneeurs, Leadership, mike michalowicz, motivation, toilet paper entrepreneur | 2 Comments

Utopia Corporation

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Mike Michalowicz

If you are like most people in business, you strive to be the best. Heck, we all do, right? Problem is, so many businesses strive to be the best – the leader at this, the world’s best at that. But most entrepreneurs try to be the best by measuring themselves against the competition. Sound familiar?

You probably know what this looks like, right off the bat, because you have been doing…

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The 11 Leadership Styles You Must Avoid to Succeed

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Mike Michalowicz

Leadership is one of those things that every successful entrepreneur must have in order to succeed, but identifying what good leadership entails may not always be clear-cut for everyone. So just what kind of leadership style should you have? You can…

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How To Become A Leader Not A Manager

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Mike Michalowicz

Leadership is about providing vision and inspiration for a team/group/organization. A good leader has the right people with the right skills on the job and trusts that they will do that job well. He or she sets the stage and then moves out of the way! In contrast, managers are often in the thick of things and focusing on the details. Good leaders do not… Read More

Posted in Human Resources, Managing Focus, The Right Actions | Tagged lead not manage, Leadership, managing, mike michalowicz, toilet paper entrepreneur | 6 Comments

How To Discipline Small Business Employees

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Mike Michalowicz

What do you do when your small business employees need to be disciplined? Check out these ideas… Read More

Posted in Hiring & Firing, Human Resources, Managing Focus | Tagged documenting discipline, Leadership, Management, mike michalowicz, responsibility, small business, toilet paper entrepreneur, tpe | 2 Comments

VIDEO: Interview With Amilya Antonetti, Author Of "The Recipe"

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Mike Michalowicz

Mike interviews Amilya Antonetti, author of “The Recipe”-A Fable For Leaders And Teams. Amilya discusses strategies to be more efficient and why its good to work with people who are the opposite of you. Read More

Posted in Managing Focus, Video, Women Entrepreneurs | Tagged a fable of leaders and teams, amilya antonetti, Carl Gould, Leadership, mike michalowicz, The Recipe, toilet paper entrepreneur, Video, Women Entrepreneurs | 3 Comments

The Changing Frontier of Entrepreneurship

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Mike Michalowicz

Entrepreneurship has changed forever. The old way is imploding. And it is a good thing. Scary. But a good thing, nonetheless.

Just like a star in its final stage of life, OWE (Old Way Entrepreneurship) started a rapid, insatiable burn after 9/11 and in this past year started the collapse into a black hole. But along with the death of OWE, is the birth of a NEW (New Entrepreneurship Way). I know, I know. The acronyms aren’t the best, but those are not important. Here is what is: Read More

Posted in Managing Focus, Your Belief System | Tagged adapt, adopt, collaborate, compete, information, intuition, Leadership, mike michalowicz, The Changing Frontier of Entrepreneurship, toilet paper entrepreneur, women entrepreneur | 4 Comments