by Peter J. Burns III | Jun 20, 2022 | Entrepreneur, leadership, management
There’s a fine line between being a narcissist and a confident leader. One empowers how team. The other undermines them. Narcissistic Leaders believe they have superior confidence, intelligence and judgment. They believe they will pursue any opportunity to reinforce...
by Peter J. Burns III | Jul 24, 2021 | Entrepreneur, leadership, management
Leaders who encourage their employees to learn on the job and speak up with ideas and suggestions for change have teams that are more effective and resilient in the face of unexpected situations. I’ve believed this all along. And now new research from Rice University...
by Peter J. Burns III | Jul 11, 2020 | Entrepreneur, management
I enjoy tracking trends in the marketing industry, especially those reported on by academia. Recently, I came across some new research from Washington University in St. Louis that was counter-intuitive as far as what we would expect. The researchers noted that...
by Peter J. Burns III | Apr 5, 2020 | Finance, Funding, Investor, management
As entrepreneurs and small business owners struggle to deal with the fallout from Covid-19, I recently came across some insights from University of South Australia Professor Jana Matthews, who suggested ways to help those people survive and even thrive. “Whether a...
by Peter J. Burns III | Mar 8, 2020 | Entrepreneur, management
As someone who has interacted with thousands of entrepreneurs and business leaders, I have been witness to all kinds of leadership styles, some of them effective, some of them not. I never thought to put together a list, categorizing their mindsets. Fortunately, I...
by Peter J. Burns III | Feb 4, 2020 | Entrepreneur, management
I saw a study last week, which emphasized that teachers will be more effective if they praise students, rather than punish them. The same is true for managers and, more specifically, entrepreneurs. Back to the study, which was published in Educational Psychology. The...
