Top 10 Qualities That Make A Great Leader

by Tanya Prive Contributor, Forbes

Having a great idea, and assembling a team to bring that concept to life is the first step in creating a successful business venture. While finding a new and unique idea is rare enough; the ability to successfully execute this idea is what separates the dreamers from the entrepreneurs. However you see yourself, whatever your age may be, as soon as you make that exciting first hire, you have taken the first steps in becoming a powerful leader. When money is tight, stress levels are high, and the visions of instant success don’t happen like you thought, it’s easy to let those emotions get to you, and thereby your team. Take a breath, calm yourself down, and remind yourself of the leader you are and would like to become. Here are some key qualities that every good leader should possess, and learn to emphasize.

Honesty

Whatever ethical plane you hold yourself to, when you are responsible for a team of people, its important to raise the bar even higher. Your business and its employees are a reflection of yourself, and if you make honest and ethical behavior a key value, your team will follow suit.

As we do at RockThePost, the crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs and small businesses I co-founded, try to make a list of values and core beliefs that both you and your brand represent, and post this in your office. Promote a healthy interoffice lifestyle, and encourage your team to live up to these standards. By emphasizing these standards, and displaying them yourself, you will hopefully influence the office environment into a friendly and helpful workspace.

Ability to Delegate

Finessing your brand vision is essential to creating an organized and efficient business, but if you don’t learn to trust your team with that vision, you might never progress to the next stage. Its important to remember that trusting your team with your idea is a sign of strength, not weakness. Delegating tasks to the appropriate departments is one of the most important skills you can develop as your business grows. The emails and tasks will begin to pile up, and the more you stretch yourself thin, the lower the quality of your work will become, and the less you will produce.

The key to delegation is identifying the strengths of your team, and capitalizing on them. Find out what each team member enjoys doing most. Chances are if they find that task more enjoyable, they will likely put more thought and effort behind it. This will not only prove to your team that you trust and believe in them, but will also free up your time to focus on the higher level tasks, that should not be delegated. It’s a fine balance, but one that will have a huge impact on the productivity of your business.

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20 Little Tips For A Big Career And Life-- from Forbes

by Bruce Kasanoff Contributor

I structure my career and life around a simple sentence:

Be generous and expert, trustworthy and clear, open-minded and adaptable, persistent and present.

To keep this sentence in the front of my mind, I look for specific tips that support these qualities. Here are some of my favorites:

1. Day after day, be a little bit kinder and a tad wiser than you were the day before.

2. Both for your company and your family, be better at saving money than you are at spending it.

3. Contrary to how some misinterpret what Jim Collins says, it is a better strategy to be consistently good than occasionally great.

4. Read more. Nothing else will so quickly make you wiser.

5. The more interconnected our world becomes, the more important your reputation will be.

Always do the right thing, even when you think no one is watching.

6. Never forget that most people will do what you pay them to do, not what you tell them to do.

7. It is okay to be more generous than other people, just as it is okay to feel better about yourself than you used to feel.

8. Most of the answers you need already exist in someone else’s head; find those people.

9. The greatest challenge each day is to regulate your ego; too little of it, and you waste your potential, but too much of it and you waste everyone else’s potential.

10. Sometimes technology is going to hurt you, and other times it is going to help you. Be sure you are fully aware which is most likely at the present moment.

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Infinite Awarded National Recognition for Sales Performance

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131112005164/en/Infinite-Awarded-National-Recognition-Sales-Performance

November 12, 2013 06:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

DES PLAINES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infinite, an outsourced sales and marketing company headquartered in Illinois, announced that they have earned a prestigious sales trophy for their excellent performance on behalf of a major national telecommunications client during the third quarter of this year.

    “We are honored to be recognized for our dedication and hard work.”

Infinite was chosen to receive the campaign trophy based on their leading quality indicators and sales performance. Selected among 13 offices eligible for the award, Infinite is planning to meet the winning criteria for the final quarter of this year. Infinite was also the recipient for the fourth quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013.



“Our team is happy to receive this award,” said Kaitlin Moore, Director of Human Resources at Infinite. “We are honored to be recognized for our dedication and hard work.”

Specializing in marketing and sales for leading clients in various industries, Infinite works to bring long-term customers in on behalf of the client. Infinite employs an in-person, business to business approach to sales, providing dependable growth opportunities for the client. Infinite was nominated as one of Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2013.

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About Infinite

Infinite is a premier outsourced sales and marketing company that provides cutting-edge solutions to their clients. Representing well-known companies across North America, Infinite is committed to providing outstanding service and results to the client, effectively growing their customer base. For more information, call 224-567-8502 or go to http://www.myinfinite.net/.

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