One of the biggest lessons when it comes to working with friends and family is to have the confidence to fire your mother-in-law if need be. The way to keep issues with loved ones out of the boardroom is to… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share Image
The first major issue you need to consider when focusing on today's workers: You have to know what motivates them. If you think it's primarily money, think again. The biggest single change in the workforce of the entrepreneurial age is the list of priorities workers bring to the job. Except paycheck there are new considerations: impact, freedom, quality of life.… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share
When Edison first started out with his "crazy" idea for the light bulb, skeptics were unmoved. They called Thomas Edison a con man and taunted him to prove his bulb could really work. Despite the naysayers, Edison pushed on, demonstrating the importance of sticking with his "crazy" idea which would go on to turn him into one of the world's… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share
“Even if your company continues to thrive, your ability to survive in it depends on your capacity and willingness to innovate. Job security these… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share Image
You can't rock the boat without being told you're off your rocker. Entrepreneurs' greatest asset is their contrarian way of thinking, their tendency to zig when others zag, to go in a new direction. But many people don't give themselves permission to get going for fear that they will be called crazy. I say not only is crazy a compliment,… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share
Agile leaders encourage their teams to adjust and experiment constantly. In today's age of oversharing, the best leaders also have to be more open and accessible. To be effective, you also have to be aware of how others perceive you and cop to your flaws every now and then. One of the lesson to successful leadership may be quite challenging… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share
If you're not called crazy when you launch something new, it means you're not thinking BIG enough. — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share Image
A lot of people will tell you the first step to starting something new is to have an idea. But to me the first step starts long before that. The first step to acting like an entrepreneur is to look not at the writing on the wall but at the spaces between the writing. It's in the gap between what's… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share
Today, entrepreneurs are at the forefront of a new era in which organizations put talent at the heart of their business models. And they have no choice. Having grown up surrounded by entrepreneurial freedoms, workers expect flexibility. They insist on collaboration. They demand meaning. Creating an environment that brings out the entrepreneurial instincts in your workforce - a worldview we… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share
Products, profits, and paychecks are not enough anymore. These days, society cares how you treat your own workers. Customers want to know you promote… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share Image
The most important lesson of all: Go home. Make time for the ones you love. The easiest thing to think about living like an… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share Image
