In a rapid-fire interview with People Matters, Kevin Kruse, Founder & CEO, LEADx, talks about unlocking the secret to helping managers become better leaders by
Kevin Kruse started his first company as a 22-year-old. As any passionate entrepreneur, he was committed to see his company scale the heights of success. A year later, he found himself deep in debt before giving up on his dream.
Now a New York Times bestseller, Kevin is a renowned thought leader and currently the Founder & CEO of LEADx, an online learning platform that provides leadership coaching and training for managers and leaders across the globe.
Understanding what keeps employees emotionally invested in the work, brand and company, is the key to ensuring that each individual in an organization reaches her or his maximum potential and in-turn drives business results. Kevin is on a mission to unlock this potential and ensure that both managers and individual contributors get the required coaching and nudging to achieve their dreams, and bottom-line.
In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, Kevin Kruse, Founder & CEO of LEADx shares some insights about entrepreneurship, work and life.
In your entrepreneurial journey, you’ve seen many ups and downs. How did you go about facing those challenges and what kept you going?
In startups, and in life, you just have to realize there will ALWAYS be ups and downs. If you aren't failing on a regular basis you clearly aren't experimenting and innovating hard enough. You need to separate a failed product or a failed business from feeling like a failure as a person. Also, in times when I do start to feel discouraged, I just remember my deeper purpose and keep at it.
What led you to start LEADx?
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