The Creative Innovation Blog
Shared Struggles of Entrepreneurs and Parents in Motivation
Parenthood and entrepreneurship are two seemingly distinct aspects of life, but they share surprising similarities when it comes to risk, motivation, and responsibility. Both roles involve taking on significant challenges, making sacrifices, and striving for long-term rewards. Let’s explore how being a business founder or executive compares to being a parent, focusing on the risk-reward dynamic and how it impacts motivation and commitment in the longer term. Then, a small thought experiment on how employees or children perceive these.
Why are your employees leaving?
More changes are poised to happen in the next decade than have taken place in the last 25 years, and that is saying something. The emergence of a pandemic slowed that down with lockdowns and now with a lagging supply chain. Add to that, what has been dubbed the Great Resignation, and any thoughts of ‘going back to business as usual’ are fantasies. Why are so many people leaving and what might be done about it.