Posts in Entrepeneurship
There’s Nothing Wrong with Herbal Tea

One of the great myths we like to dispel here at VIM Executive Coaching is that all executive coaching sessions try to direct the client into the same pattern or leadership style. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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EntrepeneurshipBruce Wolk
Leading by Social Media, isn’t Always Social

Last week, I noticed an associate participating in an online survey on personal and work-related happiness. At VIM Executive Coaching our Denver and Boulder clients are typically tech savvy, and so I am always interested in what new and exciting leadership software is transmitted to my executive and entrepreneur friends.

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EntrepeneurshipBruce Wolk
​The Entrepreneur and the Pea

Most fairy tales start with the phrase, but as we all know that “once upon a time” isn’t necessarily a single event in time. Employee conflicts, especially in entrepreneurial situations, grow “organically.” People don’t start out at loggerheads, there is generally a period of calm or détente, even among disagreements or differing styles. Obviously, there are blatant exceptions, such as sexual assault allegations or fraud. In that case, your decision is fairly obvious once the truth is discovered.

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EntrepeneurshipBruce Wolk
The Company Built on Glue

His story is sad, or redemptive, depending upon the way you want to look at it. Long ago, he was a senior manager for a major accounting firm. He had a great salary, benefits and the respect of his clients and peers. Through absolutely no fault of his own, people in power above him engaged in what I shall term, “unethical activities.” The executive leaders above him, and indeed the company itself, got into legal trouble and with it the company collapsed.

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​Did You Hear What I Said?

Leadership is not like it once was; teams and offices can no longer function as though being run by a dictator. Of course, there is also the fear of a sort of pendulum-like phenomenon. Some executive leaders will squelch any need to critique or even to suggest that something is amiss, as they don’t want to appear dictatorial! It’s a bit of a conundrum to be sure.

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Narrow Windows Need an Open Mind

The narrow windows through which executive leaders and entrepreneurs emerge to the next level in their growth and development must encourage mindfulness, compassion and authenticity as key tools. For an executive to be disconnected to her staff, for an executive to be unable to help solve a personnel problem within two or three far-flung offices, for an entrepreneur to not sense leadership obstacles to the development of his organization is to lack the instincts to positively advance an organization.

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