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Both series are co-hosted by me.  No lists, formulas or fortune cookie wisdom.

Looking for how to manage yourself as a founder or entrepreneur?

Thriving Entrepreneur is made up of 15-minute LinkedIn Live broadcasts and a longer, monthly episode with my co-host Rachelle Leerling of GrowTribute.

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A short-run podcast co-hosted with Shaun Peet and Mike Metcalf of DECK Leadership, who are award-winning pit crew chiefs in NASCAR.  Practical and current ideas, tools and examples of business leadership.

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Two series of videos – one is our LinkedIn Live broadcasts “The Thriving Entrepreneur’s 15 Minutes” and the other are occasional insights that come up from my work with founders.

As the leader of your business, often people aren’t honest with you. Yes-nodding might be part of your everyday business life. Or, they are not completely open about how they feel. The people around you have their reasons for not speaking up. Their feedback on your leadership, or your ways of working, might be detrimental to their job. Yet, a business can only grow from learnings and new ways of thinking. The people on the job can sense things you cannot. And more views can lead to breakthroughs in processes, products, customer journeys, or simply the day-to-day company culture. So it’s time to open up to alternative views and see the benefits of more pairs of eyes on your business… On Thursday, the Thriving Entrepreneur’s 15 Minutes will be about “How entrepreneurs can encourage criticism and alternative views”. What we will discuss: - The difference between clear leadership and my-way-or-the-high-way - How to know if you are keeping criticism and alternative views under the rug - How to ask for feedback and criticism from your team - How to create a safe space and a culture of progressive feedback - What to change about your attitude and behavior in order to let feedback in - How your company can benefit from new views and new ways 🎙️ Want to check out our previous conversations? Go to “The Thriving Entrepreneur” by David Foster & Rachelle Leerling on any big podcast channel, like Apple Podcast and Spotify. More about us and how we support entrepreneurs & founders: David Foster | www.davidafoster.com | www.linkedin.com/in/-davidfoster Rachelle Leerling | www.growtribute.com | www.linkedin.com/in/rachelleleerling
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To succeed as a new leader, you need to think more about the people around you, how they work, why they work, and how you can achieve more by thinking of those things. More free content for leaders of small businesses, especially those who started them: https://davidafoster.com #leadership, #business, #founder, #startup, #leadershipdevelopment, #executivecoaching, #startupfounders, #startupcommunity, #leadershipcoaching
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