The most useful leadership lessons from successful entrepreneurs are to solve a real problem, hire people stronger than you, treat failure as information, decide with the long term in mind, protect trust, keep learning and stay persistent. None of these require a startup. You can practise all seven in your first job, whatever your title. This guide explains each lesson with a real example and one action you can take this week. Why should young professionals study entrepreneurs' leadership? Entrepreneurs make decisions with limited money, time and information, so their habits show what leadership looks like when there is no rulebook. Early-career professionals face a smaller version of the same problem: unclear instructions, scarce resources and no formal authority. Leadership at work is not only about managing people. It also covers taking ownership, communicating clearly, handling setbacks and earning trust. These are the traits the lessons below build. A caution on survivorship b...
Fatherhood is a wonderful experience. Watching your kids grow up, learn things, accomplish, and develop into their personalities is the top feeling in the universe. Yet as with most things in life, immense things bring in hard work and challenges. Fatherhood most certainly brings in challenges. We asked fathers about the challenges of fatherhood and how they conquered them. Scroll down and let us have a look at those points. Challenges of Fatherhood 1. Discipline; and getting it correct with tough love: A maximum of us that grew up with our dads (particularly the Indian folks reading this) perhaps grew up with a little strict dad, that was the old-style method! And there are absolutely some optimists to the strict, tough-love tactic. But I guess as we have evolved and acquired, we have realized that in fact, we need to accept different methods at various times. And here lies the problem. Hitting that proper stability between being a supportive and inspiring ear and plain old stric...