Once broadly synonymous with “business founder,” the maverick spirit is now a mainstay in executive leadership regardless of who founded the enterprise. A number of years ago I attended a lecture titled something like “Ten Characteristics of Entrepreneurs.” I’ve always remembered two of them, they were humorous and rather consistent with my experience at that time. First, regardless of how big a business may grow, an entrepreneur is likely to continue an acquired early habit of opening the mail. Second, and better yet, the most feared time in an entrepreneurial environment are Mondays or the day the “boss” returns […]