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Simple But Not-so-obvious Arithmetic of Losing Your Best Team Members

There are good reasons why well-run companies invest time and energy into identifying and keeping their most talented team members.

6 min readMay 1, 2024

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Simple But Not-so-obvious Arithmetic of Losing Your Best Team Members

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Elena Dexter

1. The self-employment dilemma: is work-life balance possible?

Just a few months after starting my business number 4, I found myself one evening sitting at my desk in my yoga outfit, mindlessly staring…

5 min readDec 19, 2023

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1. The self-employment dilemma: is work-life balance possible?

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2. Managing 3 important realities of self-employment

Self-employed people face some unique challenges. Any amount of effort you put into our business directly benefits you. Therefore, the more…

8 min readDec 19, 2023

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2. Managing 3 important realities of self-employment

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Example Process Design roadmap

This story is a part of the Process Design series:

3 min readDec 3, 2023

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Example Process Design roadmap

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Not all people are startup material

With the economy the way it is and some companies laying people off or declaring hiring freezes, a wider-than-usual pool of candidates is…

8 min readDec 2, 2023

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Not all people are startup material

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New Managers Tip 1: Different Perspectives

A few years back one of the guys I used to manage called me and said that his wife was thinking about taking on some management…

5 min readNov 2, 2023

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New Managers Tip 1: Different Perspectives

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Layers of People Skills For Building Well-gelled, Excited Teams

I was preparing for an interview and got thinking in anticipation of questions like ‘How do you work with/motivate/manage people?’

9 min readJan 21, 2023

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Layers of People Skills For Building Well-gelled, Excited Teams

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Process Improvement Workshops: Example 1

This story is a part of the Process Design series:

7 min readOct 27, 2022

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Process Improvement Workshops: Example 1

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How to run the initial Process Design workshop

This story is a part of the Process Design series:

11 min readJul 9, 2022

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How to run the initial Process Design workshop

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Process Design 101

This story is a part of the Process Design series:

4 min readJun 17, 2022

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Process Design 101

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Elena Dexter

Elena Dexter

Elena helps early startups learn how to manage teams in a light, simple and effective way and adopt a ‘just enough process’ mindset and results-only culture.

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