Posts by Edwin Bevens
Business Mentoring: Get Bullying Out of the Workplace
Even leaders who appreciate the importance of culture and team often struggle when the problem behavior is coming from a top performer. But Joan Kingsley, author of The Fear-free Organization, discusses how, even when it’s a superstar, there must be zero tolerance for toxic actions like bullying and other abusive behavior. Letting the high performer…
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Midweek Reading: Groupthink, Rock Stars, and Consistency
This week’s top recommended reading for small business owners and entrepreneurs includes leadership advice, insight on business buzzwords, and recent events in the small business world: Looking for ways to avoid groupthink? Kevin E. Lofton shares his strategy of designating a devil’s advocate for every discussion, to ensure that there is always more than one…
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Business Mentoring: Creating Diversity in an Organization
A team is more than just a collection of people. Every team is composed of a diverse group of individuals who are good at different things, with different personalities, different skills, and different ways of thinking. Joan Kingsley, the author of The Fear-free Organization, says that organizations need to do a better job of seeing…
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Business Mentoring: Why Emotions Matter
Joan Kingsley is an expert on neuroscience, and she has a message for business owners: scientific research on the brain can be applied to forming your organization and culture. It’s not voodoo; it’s the real deal. In 1994, Antonio Damasio published a popular, influential book titled Descartes’ Error. The French philosopher Rene Descartes is today…
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Midweek Reading: Minimum Salaries, the Sharing Economy, and Liberal Arts Degrees
Here are some of the best things I’ve read recently for entrepreneurs, including news, profiles, and expert advice: When Dan Price announced a new minimum salary of $70,000 for all employees at his company, Gravity Payments, as a way of combating income inequality, he drew praise and criticism from talking heads—but also caused a firestorm…
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Midweek Reading: USA-Made, Management Fads, and SBA Loans
July is nearly over, but small business news keeps on coming. Here’s some of the best midweek reading for small business entrepreneurs this week. With more and more people freelancing as part of the “Gig Economy,” some self-employed freelancers are working to recreate some of the structures of traditional business. David Politis was interviewed by…
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Best of Business Mentoring: Launching a Successful Startup with Jonathan Pascual
Continuing our look at the best Business Mentoring series of the year, we’re looking at June’s series with Fran Tarkenton and Jonathan Pascual, the founder of Taproom Coffee in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the course of four mentoring sessions, Jonathan tells the story of how he got his business off the ground, and offers advice for…
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Midweek Reading: Millennials, Overtime, and Immigrant Entrepreneurship
We’re making our way through another week, with a lot of big news for small business owners. Here’s the most important news, advice, and thinking from around the web for entrepreneurs. Ted Hesson writes about how different cities are reacting to growing immigrant populations, and the impact on small business formation and growth. Peter Miller…
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Best of Business Mentoring: Developing a Powerful Team with Kory Kogon
Next in our look back at the best business mentoring sessions of the year is our April series with Kory Kogon, author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity. Kory is the Global Practice Leader for Productivity at FranklinCovey. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Inc,…
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Best of Business Mentoring: The Secrets of Tax Season with Ted Jenkin
Continuing our look at the best Business Mentoring sessions of the year, we’re looking at March’s series with Ted Jenkin looking at some important tips for small business owners thinking about their tax strategy. Ted is the co-CEO of oXYGen Financial, a financial services business focused on giving financial advice to the X & Y…
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