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I was the first person to go to Harvard from my hometown in 34 years. Here's what I learned.
I was the first person to go to Harvard from my hometown in 34 years. Here's what I learned.
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Sharing an amazing opportunity to join our Emerging Talent Program! We're looking for a Manager to lead our efforts from hiring to designing…
Sharing an amazing opportunity to join our Emerging Talent Program! We're looking for a Manager to lead our efforts from hiring to designing…
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Yes!! Carina Cortez sharing her thoughts on all things — HR, mentoring and creating effective development programs.
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I was the first person to go to Harvard from my hometown in 34 years. Here's what I learned.
LinkedIn NextWave
In this series, professionals discuss their experiences accomplishing something for the first time. Read their stories here, then write your own using #IWasTheFirst in the body of the post.
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Saastr Podcast #066: Jeff Fernandez Discusses Why CEOs Should Lead From the Heart & Walk the Sales Floor
SaaStr
In today’s episode you will learn:
How Jeff came to found Grovo. What was the a-ha moment for him? Jeff is renowned for ‘leading from the heart’. What are the advantages of this as a CEO? How does this affect the company, the culture? What are the inherent challenges? Question from Greg Sands: Jeff likes to ‘work the sales floor’, how does that work? What does Jeff actually do? What have been Jeff’s observations having seen the sales floor up close? How does Jeff look to structure the…In today’s episode you will learn:
How Jeff came to found Grovo. What was the a-ha moment for him? Jeff is renowned for ‘leading from the heart’. What are the advantages of this as a CEO? How does this affect the company, the culture? What are the inherent challenges? Question from Greg Sands: Jeff likes to ‘work the sales floor’, how does that work? What does Jeff actually do? What have been Jeff’s observations having seen the sales floor up close? How does Jeff look to structure the compensation for his sales team? How does this vary with time and stage? What does Jeff mean when he says ‘sometimes you have to go slow to go fast’? How does that play out in his management style? -
The One Leadership Quality Every Entrepreneur Must Possess
Fortune
The Entrepreneur Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America’s startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today’s answer to the question,” What leadership style should every entrepreneur try to adopt?” is written by Jeff Fernandez.
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3 ideas that will change how you think about your company’s culture
TNW
Unfortunately, getting the people part right isn’t easy. Finding great talent, enticing them to join your cause, and aligning them to tackle the most pressing concerns of your customers are all formidable tasks on the long, bumpy road to building a business. But the culture you create at your company can be a tremendous boon for navigating these complex people challenges with speed and grace. Still, many business leaders seem to miss the point about what culture really is, and fail to…
Unfortunately, getting the people part right isn’t easy. Finding great talent, enticing them to join your cause, and aligning them to tackle the most pressing concerns of your customers are all formidable tasks on the long, bumpy road to building a business. But the culture you create at your company can be a tremendous boon for navigating these complex people challenges with speed and grace. Still, many business leaders seem to miss the point about what culture really is, and fail to capitalize on its ability to keep employees and customers engaged as they scale.
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8 Must-Have Digital Skills for Today’s Workforce
Training Magazine
Inadequate tech skills cause workers to lose two hours every day, translating into 500 lost hours per year, or about $10 million per 1,000 employees. Organizations need to offer focused, continuous training in these areas.
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Paycheck Or Purpose? Today's Employees Demand Both
Forbes
Back in 2006, a young entrepreneur named Blake Mycoskie founded a company called TOMS Shoes and made a simple offer to the world: “For every pair you purchase, TOMS will give one pair of shoes to a child in need.” It was a startlingly fresh approach to business. Blake’s one-for-one model reimagined capitalism as a vehicle for social change and spawned imitators in every category: clothing, eyeglasses, real estate, wristwatches, flashlights, baby blankets — even chewing gum. Since then, the cry…
Back in 2006, a young entrepreneur named Blake Mycoskie founded a company called TOMS Shoes and made a simple offer to the world: “For every pair you purchase, TOMS will give one pair of shoes to a child in need.” It was a startlingly fresh approach to business. Blake’s one-for-one model reimagined capitalism as a vehicle for social change and spawned imitators in every category: clothing, eyeglasses, real estate, wristwatches, flashlights, baby blankets — even chewing gum. Since then, the cry for socially responsible business has only escalated. Savvy consumers demand it. Corporate titans champion it. Major media outlets celebrate it.
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What Cultivating a High-Performance Company Culture Means to 8 Business Leaders
Entrepreneur
High-performance company culture is more about living and working by a set of unifying company-wide goals, values and beliefs. Whether explicitly laid out in a memo or a mission statement, casually discussed in a department outing or simply quietly understood, a business’s culture informs how its executives and employees think, act and react on the job. A dynamic, engaging company culture encourages employees to rise to challenges, beat competitors and achieve results, all while rooting for…
High-performance company culture is more about living and working by a set of unifying company-wide goals, values and beliefs. Whether explicitly laid out in a memo or a mission statement, casually discussed in a department outing or simply quietly understood, a business’s culture informs how its executives and employees think, act and react on the job. A dynamic, engaging company culture encourages employees to rise to challenges, beat competitors and achieve results, all while rooting for every member of the team along the way.
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What Football Teaches About Building High-Performance Teams
Entrepreneur
My football career began by accident. As a younger kid, I’d always been a soccer player. Then one day in eighth grade, someone saw me kicking field goals and suggested I try out for the football team. I wound up playing four years in high school, a couple years at Harvard, and even a year of semi-pro after college.
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Why I Built a Lean Learning Company
Medium
We live in a world where rapid change is the only constant. Technology evolves in a blink. A little ingenuity can quickly upend an entire industry, and a small oversight can sink a titanic enterprise overnight. So how can your company survive and thrive in such volatile times? In my experience, the answer is clear: give your employees better ways to learn. To do that, you’ll need to practice some lean learning.
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The Idealists
CNN Money
The company wants to help close the digital skills gap. Grovo's clients include Equinox and Whole Foods.
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How Grovo Became the Best Place to Work in NYC Tech
InternetWeek
“It’s the People.” What does it take to build a company whose culture is praised by employees and visitors alike? As the winner of our Best Places to Work in NYC Tech Awards, we thought educational startup Grovo could teach us a few tips. Internet Week sat down with Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Fernandez in the company’s new offices to learn what it takes to build the best.
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How To Solve 3 Problems That Hinder Your Company’s Cultural Growth
FastCompany
A healthy company culture is one of the most crucial success factors in starting a new business. Companies that make team building a top priority have a leg up on the competition, which is why culture and perks get so much attention in the startup world. Teams must feel a sense of camaraderie and have the desire to work hard with each other to face the difficult task of building a business from the ground up.
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Coaches' Motivational Techniques and Individual Athletic Performance
Internal Institute for Sport and Human Performance
The study determined if coaches' motivational techniques have an effect, either positive or negative, on an individual athlete's performance based on his personality factors.
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Winner - Fast Company Innovation by Design (Enterprise category)
Fast Company
Design is the story of human intervention. Without an architect, a building is just a box. Without a UX designer, a website is just a string of code. In a year defined by lightning-fast advancements in artificial intelligence, it can be hard to remember that it’s humans, for better or worse, who ultimately shape the built world.
Behind each of the winning projects is a team of people who challenged themselves to solve thorny problems. Their ingenuity has resulted in products, buildings…Design is the story of human intervention. Without an architect, a building is just a box. Without a UX designer, a website is just a string of code. In a year defined by lightning-fast advancements in artificial intelligence, it can be hard to remember that it’s humans, for better or worse, who ultimately shape the built world.
Behind each of the winning projects is a team of people who challenged themselves to solve thorny problems. Their ingenuity has resulted in products, buildings, tools, and ideas that push their respective fields forward. The winners are a reminder that it takes more than an algorithm to understand—and solve—humanity's most pressing needs.
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LinkedIn NextWave: Top 35 Professionals 35 and Under
LinkedIn
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Fortune #2 Best Place to Work
Fortune
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