Being an entrepreneur, everyone needs to hear a personal anecdote from you once in a while or see you go out of your way to make someone's day. Maybe….

Motivated teams are the key to success at every startup, yet I still know entrepreneurs who gave an inspirational speech to kick off the quarter but ….

The recipe for success . . . customers will get what they want, when they want it . . . you will see more revenue, greater brand loyalty, real relati….

Some leaders expect the team to read their minds on priorities, so they never provide the written and verbal guidance that we all need to feel we are….

No matter how confident you are in your own abilities, you can't build and run a business alone. You need your army pulling you ahead, rather than ho….

Team members need to feel trusted and valued, and micromanaging communicates the opposite. Founders who are prone to manage every detail of their bus….

Recognition in front of peers is the strongest motivator, and berating team members in private or public is the biggest demotivator. Check your use o….

The best entrepreneurs never confuse motion with results..

If you accept failure as learning, it's not discouraging to keep adapting until you find success..

If you are 'too busy' most of the time, or locked behind closed doors, no mentoring relationship can work..

If it annoys you when team members ask about their next promotion or talk about other job opportunities in the industry, you have motivational proble….

Some entrepreneurs have a bad habit of taking personal credit for all improvements and innovations at their startups. If you penalize or ignore emplo….

If you dread the thought of wasted time in meetings, chances are that your team members feel the same way. Team members are also demotivated by one-w….

Entrepreneurs are perennially short on cash, so they tend to hire less expensive and less experienced team members. Yet most founders are overworked,….

If you have a habit of declaring milestones or changing them based on the crisis of the day, don't expect the team to remain motivated. Similarly, if….

Great motivators are visible at the front and lead by their actions. Hiding in your office or mysteriously traveling all the time on unknown missions….

You can't be an absentee entrepreneur and expect the team to stay motivated..