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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

As the boss, you must wear your "game face"

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Business owner opens second company to keep workers busy | 3 tips for an effective advertising strategy | Getting others to pitch your business
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As the boss, you must wear your "game face"
Your employees will pick up on your negativity if you sulk around the office, so it's important to project positive energy, writes Janine Popick, CEO and founder of VerticalResponse. "When you're the boss, there are going to be many times when you've gotta put on your 'game face' because your energy affects everyone and everything," she writes. You also have to show your employees that you actually care about them. Inc. online (free registration)/Basement to Boardroom blog (5/24)
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The energy and enthusiasm you generate and breathe into your company can breed and multiply a thousand times over."
-- Janine Popick, CEO and founder of VerticalResponse, writing at Inc. online's Basement to Boardroom blog.
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