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 Leadership Skills 101: Exceptional leadership creates an exceptional business and motivates a team to move in a focused and coordinated way to reach a common goal. Doing this effectively, however requires decisiveness, purpose and foresight.  It's a true challenge to lead in a way that promotes admiration and respect. Below is a handful of dynamics that might be getting in your way. #1. Lack of Support and accountability Perhaps the most common issue leaders face is lack of support system. The competition is cutthroat. The pressure to increase revenue as well as efficiency of operations is expected from the CEO's first day. Lack of support, accountability, or an advisor can lead to poor decisions. When there is no one to teach a CEO the ropes, it can be difficult to organize thoughts and make clear, concise decisions. #2. Inspiration deficit A leader is responsible for keeping a team motivated, but helping people stay upbeat and enthusiastic in pursuit of a goal can be diffi...

 How to Know if your ID Number has Been Illegally Used in Sim Registration. Kenya is one of the most technologically advanced nations in Africa. Kenya has been christened the Silicon Savannah, with an impressive mobile penetration of 119.9% as of 2020. The increased mobile phone connectivity , despite it's upsides, has also left millions of users vulnerable to data breaches and privacy issues. Criminal cases in which sim cards have been taken over by criminals, bank accounts cleaned and people impersonated are commonplace.  To protect you from the vulnerability of your identification details being used to commit crime, mobile service providers including Safaricom and Airtel have provided a solution for you to confirm phone numbers registered using your ID.  You can access it through *106#. This USSD menu allows you to: Check your numbers alongside the credentials used to register it. Report unknown numbers associated with your ID. Cancel any reported numbers. Does your bu...

 Becoming an Investor at FnFcom . An investment is a plan to take you from point A(your current financial position) to point B(your future financial position). It's not a product or a procedure. Neither, is it a service. We therefore invite you to invest in our beginner investment plan which is designed to help you learn how to become an online investor as a beginner. How to Start investing with us. To start investing on FnFcom, open your browser and search www.fnfcom.com/investor. Or simply click here   Once there click on Log in if you have ever been our member. If not create an account with us. Once you click on create an account you will be prompted to give your details. Ensure you provide the correct information since the information you provide is what we will be using to pay you later in the once your investment matures. We use the largest telecommunication provider in the country to make payments. We advice you to use a Safaricom line to register with us. Steps on Ho...

 Get Inspired as A Startup Founder: Success is often built on strong personal branding-because it immediately tells us who a person is and where their expertise lies. Personal branding isn't limited to those in the public sphere. Regardless of who you are, you can showcase your talents. Below is a list of the things that a personal brand gives you a startup founder:- #1. Portability Your brand gives you equity. Your brand builds personal brand equity over time and that equity gives you portability. Whether we are employed by an organization or self-employed, our paths are not linear. Life throws us curveballs and we pivot more than we could expect. A personal brand gives you portability, whether you need it for career transition or post exit as an entrepreneur. And here is where most people get personal branding wrong. Most people believe that building a personal brand means creating content about their areas of expertise, and that is a mistake. A true personal brand needs to be b...

 Startups Meetings Improved. This post is all about the tips, tricks and hacks to maintain participant attention and engagement in an online presentation or workshop . Walk with me as I show you how to make it fun and interactive. #1. Give clear instructions ahead of the meeting Very few things are more embarrassing than showing up for a camera meeting when you were expecting an audio meeting. First, the time that it takes to log onto Zoom and notice that everyone else's cameras are on is only 15 seconds. So give your team a cordial heads up. #2. Create an agenda and assign roles Make the assumption that your team doesn't want to participate in the meeting. Then, do al that you can to help persuade them to participate. The real value of a Zoom meeting is that you get to see each other and interact face to face. So, give your team members some facetime. Identify the three to five major points that you want to cover in the meeting. Then, add these meeting points to the calendar i...

 Zoom Tips For Startups. Now that meeting online is a necessity, do you know the various ways to control and improve Zoom meetings and other online gatherings? Zoom has packed plenty of complexity into all the options that can be enabled or disabled to meet different business needs . You will need to decide how many of those choices should be left to the individual versus mandated Zoom's administrative controls. You've probably attended more than a few Zoom sales meetings over these past few Covid years. There are some people, however, who don't appreciate zoom and who don't understand the dos and don'ts of Zoom meetings. Check out these expert tips to avoid embarrassment and boost productivity. #1. Join your Zoom meetings early Do you log on at 9:59 am if a Zoom meeting starts at 10? That's too late. Think about, you would not arrive at a client meeting late, so why go to a Zoom meeting late? Instead of signing in a minute before the meeting is scheduled to st...

 Building Your Startup From Scratch. Whether you're a business owner or employee, several elements play a crucial role if you want to achieve success . Although having a high level of intelligence, holding several qualifications, or working hard is important, you need to prioritize several key business skills, such as management, negotiation and communication. In the ever changing world of business, it can be difficult to remain on top of your skills. With business, you constantly have to work hard to make sure that you are doing everything in your power so that your business is the best business . Whether you are well on your way on the professional end or just starting out your career, here are five helpful tips for improving your business skills! #1. Find an experienced mentor If you are just starting out, one of your first steps should be to find a mentor who has experience and is willing to teach your their ways. There is no better way to learn the ins and outs of business tha...

 Building Your Startup From Scratch. Understanding business is one of the most valuable and versatile skillsets you can have. Business skills are an important component of workplace success. Whether you are a business owner or an employee, possessing certain business skills can positively impact the efficiency, performance and productivity of the company.  If you are considering a career in business administration , and wish to build a skillset for success, you are in the right place. Below, we walk through the 5 most desired and important business skills for aspiring professionals. #1. Patience In the instant information age, people expect quick answers and give up or get frustrated when they don't get them. If an account is failing, we brazenly get in there and try to save it, if it's more trouble than it's worth, we cut our losses and search for new account. In this environment, immediate solutions are valued over patient processes. Patience is valuable in any business ...

 Leadership Simplified 101: Startups embody a nuance and mostly unexplored aspect of organizational performance. A promising business venture meets a typically young yet fervent workforce, resulting in the intersection of entrepreneurship and the demand for strong leadership.  So, how do effective startup CEOs tailor their leadership methodology to optimize company performance? #1. Embrace strategic failure The most experienced startup leaders understand that failure is inevitable. And rather than avoiding that failure, they willingly confront it on their terms because no one learns from success. Strategic failure can play a key role in one of the most important aspects of maintaining a startup. Insights reports that one of the primary causes (38% of cases) of failure in venture businesses is a lack of funding. Investors may exit for a myriad of reasons. But ultimately, it comes down to faith in leadership, making it vital for inexperienced founders to test their pitch...

Startups 101 Tips: Passive income is defined as money generated through businesses that are created and operated in ways that allow them to essentially run themselves. Many entrepreneurs are seeking new sustainable ways to increase cash flow , financial security and long-term savings through a multitude of ventures that require little active participation.  While there is a lot of appeal in making money virtually while you sleep, passive income isn't a means to get rich quick. It is a long term proposition that requires a great deal of upfront planning and efforts as well as updates and enhancements along the way. This articles outlines important steps for an entrepreneur to participate in a passive income stream. #1. Cultivate a network It's important to have intellectual resources around you. Picking the right passive income opportunity is not easy. If you have cultivated a network of entrepreneurs that you trust, you can discuss your options and get their intelligent feedba...

 Making First Operations Hire. The right hire at the right time can help you up level your business and scale for massive growth down the road. As a startup founder, your first hire might well be in a non-operations area. But how do you know when you're ready to hire your first operations employee? #1. You're turning away work If you simply don't have enough time to take on new work, a new employee can make a big difference. When a client contacts you to ask you to join in on a new project or refers you to a lucrative business associate, you'll know it's time to hire help by the way you feel as you say, "I'm sorry, but I can't take on additional projects at this time." But one of the biggest challenges of hiring someone full-time is the uncertainty. Instead of committing to a full-time employee, consider bringing in a contractor for a specific project. If the relationship works out, you will then have the option of either extending that worker'...

 Creating Brand Loyalty: You already know that relevant, personalized messaging can make or break your digital campaign. We live in an increasingly digital world and fostering human connections via digital platforms isn't always simple, but these connections are vitally important for businesses.  So how can your business humanize its customer experience and foster positive, long-lasting customer relationships? #1. Craft purpose-driven messaging Think about how your customer's priorities may have shifted this season and how your brand can meet their changing needs. Successful companies are re-evaluating how to stay relevant by crafting more purpose-driven messaging rather than creating purely transactional content. Your brand's communication strategy should be an extension of its DNA and amplify what your company believes. Consumers will stay to loyal to companies that demonstrate authentic empathy, and relationships will last longer when your customers feel invested in ...