Online resource Entrepreneur has published interesting and instructive stories from the lives of American and Canadian founders of the business in which they share the lessons they got from the worse mentors in their life<\/p>\n
Name: Melissa Ben-Ishay,\u00a0Company: Baked By Melissa<\/strong><\/p>\n Lesson: <\/strong>The importance of open communication. When I think of the worst boss I ever hard, I don\u2019t think of just one person.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t have a mentor. I didn\u2019t have someone who wanted me to succeed. I didn’t have someone who took the time to sit down, have a conversation with me and help me be better at my job. So now, I really make the effort to be clear and honest with my employees and sit down with them and communicate.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02. Follow the golden rule<\/strong><\/p>\n Name: Gavin Armstrong,\u00a0Company: \u00a0<\/strong>Lucky Iron Fish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Lesson: <\/strong>People who are bullies act that way because they are insecure about something else. They are very demeaning and not appreciative.<\/p>\n You want to be very respectful of people working with you. Remember they work with you, not for you. Be complimentary of their work, because they are putting a lot of time and effort into it.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. Have strong convictions<\/strong><\/p>\n Name: Merrill Stubbs,\u00a0<\/b>Company: <\/strong>Food52<\/strong><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Lesson: <\/strong>Being indirect about what you want or what you expect is a really terrible tactic for managing people. It makes them feel like the ground is shifting beneath them — that’s an impediment and distraction from people doing their best work.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04. Follow through<\/strong><\/p>\n Name: Oliver Kharraz,\u00a0Company: Zocdoc<\/strong><\/p>\n Lesson:<\/strong> I learned to only make promises that I can keep. I remember how upset I was when promises were made to me that were not kept, and I promised myself that I wouldn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n