Why Skills Alone Aren’t Enough to Build a Strong Team
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In the world of fast-growing tech companies, hiring tends to follow a predictable pattern. Leaders look for engineers fluent in the latest frameworks, product managers with impressive resumes, and marketers who know their way around every analytics dashboard. Skills are quantifiable. They are testable. And in high-growth […]
How to Build a Resilient Team That Thrives in Uncertainty
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s easy to lead when things are going well. The real test? Leading when everything feels unstable: the market shifts, plans unravel, and nothing goes according to script. In my time leading ButterflyMX, I’ve learned that the true measure of a team isn’t how they perform when […]
Trust Is a Business Metric Now. Here’s How to Earn It.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Trust is the new core competency of leadership, but most executives are still approaching it with outdated tools. If your teams don’t trust your leadership, no mission statement, values deck or culture initiative will ever land. Trust may be hard to quantify, but the benefits of getting […]
How to Build a Team That Thinks and Executes Like a Founder
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Building a successful and thriving business is every entrepreneur’s dream. In the beginning stages, the business owner pours countless hours and sleepless nights into their venture. Before they know it, their small operation requires the support of an entire team. At this stage, the entrepreneur must shift […]
How to Get Your Employees to Take Ownership
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There’s a big difference between an employee completing tasks and one taking full ownership of their work. One is engaged, and the other is invested. An engaged employee meets expectations, follows instructions and completes the job. An invested employee looks beyond the task, asks why it matters […]
How to Close the Trust Gap Between You and Your Team
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. PwC has been tracking trust within workplace settings for years, but their most recent 2024 survey reveals a larger trust disconnect between leaders and employees than in the past. While 86% of executives say they trust their people, just 60% of workers feel trusted by their organizations. […]
How to Structure and Build a Team For Long-Term Success
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. My dad was a high school basketball coach in the middle of rural Arizona. He rarely had the exact same group of players on a team year after year, so he never had just one system that he relied on. Instead, he learned to accept that he […]