Recognition in front of peers is the strongest motivator, and berating team members in private or public is the biggest demotivator. Check your use of rewards vs. penalties, with the negatives including emotional outbursts at no one in particular, a… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
No matter how confident you are in your own abilities, you can't build and run a business alone. You need your army pulling you… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
If you dread the thought of wasted time in meetings, chances are that your team members feel the same way. Team members are also… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
Great motivators are visible at the front and lead by their actions. Hiding in your office or mysteriously traveling all the time on unknown… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur, everyone needs to hear a personal anecdote from you once in a while or see you go out of your way… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
If you have a habit of declaring milestones or changing them based on the crisis of the day, don't expect the team to remain… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
If you are 'too busy' most of the time, or locked behind closed doors, no mentoring relationship can work. — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
You can't be an absentee entrepreneur and expect the team to stay motivated. — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
If you accept failure as learning, it's not discouraging to keep adapting until you find success. — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
The recipe for success . . . customers will get what they want, when they want it . . . you will see more… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
Some leaders expect the team to read their minds on priorities, so they never provide the written and verbal guidance that we all need… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
Team members need to feel trusted and valued, and micromanaging communicates the opposite. Founders who are prone to manage every detail of their businesses… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs are perennially short on cash, so they tend to hire less expensive and less experienced team members. Yet most founders are overworked, so… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
Some entrepreneurs have a bad habit of taking personal credit for all improvements and innovations at their startups. If you penalize or ignore employee… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
If it annoys you when team members ask about their next promotion or talk about other job opportunities in the industry, you have motivational… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
