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Lack of focus can be a core competency.

You can't save your weakest staffers. But you can use them as an way to upgrade your whole team's performance. You've heard the adage, "Hire the right people, and everything else is easy." That may be true, but it's also unrealistic—especially in start-ups and rapidly growing, innovative businesses.

You can't save your weakest staffers.

A study reveals that while many bosses claim to promote innovation, their employees often think they're delusional creativity killers. There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self-assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average. And, when it comes to managers, a majority believe that they inspire and support creativity within their company, according to new research from talent management consultancy DDI.

DocStoc CEO Jason Nazar needed a new product idea that might help grow the business. He got it--in a week

Your goal isnt to ensure every employee is great; it's to ensure that collectively they'll be great. (Theres a big difference.) We all know what makes a great team: Great people, right?

Unleash your worker bees. The power of swarms and cooperation to attack business problems.

Here's how to become an entrepreneur-in-residence -- even if that isn't your official title. At some time in your career you’re likely to be an entrepreneur trapped inside a large corporation. Unless you’ve sold your last company and have a fat bank account, the reasons for this are probably financial--you’ve got kids to support and a mortgage to pay.

Here's how to become an entrepreneur-in-residence -- even if that isn't your official title. At some time in your career you’re likely to be an entrepreneur trapped inside a large corporation. Unless you’ve sold your last company and have a fat bank account, the reasons for this are probably financial--you’ve got kids to support and a mortgage to pay.

Here's how to become an entrepreneur-in-residence -- even if that isn't your official title. At some time in your career you’re likely to be an entrepreneur trapped inside a large corporation

Here's how to become an entrepreneur-in-residence -- even if that isn't your official title.

Here's how to become an entrepreneur-in-residence -- even if that isn't your official title. At some time in your career you’re likely to be an entrepreneur trapped inside a large corporation. Unless you’ve sold your last company and have a fat bank account, the reasons for this are probably financial--you’ve got kids to support and a mortgage to pay.

Here's how to become an entrepreneur-in-residence -- even if that isn't your official title. At some time in your career you’re likely to be an entrepreneur trapped inside a large corporation. Unless you’ve sold your last company and have a fat bank account, the reasons for this are probably financial--you’ve got kids to support and a mortgage to pay.

Here's how to become an entrepreneur-in-residence -- even if that isn't your official title. At some time in your career you’re likely to be an entrepreneur trapped inside a large corporation. Unless you’ve sold your last company and have a fat bank account, the reasons for this are probably financial--you’ve got kids to support and a mortgage to pay

Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently? Make sure your team understands what success should look like. If you run a project-based business like mine , you know that there are any number of things that can get between you and the successful end of the project: budget, bureaucracy, poor team dynamics, just to name a few