Startup leadership
Subtitle: how savvy entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful enterprises
By: Derek Lidow
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781118697054
Subjects: Leadership; New business enterprises
Description: Most entrepreneurs know the long odds: only a fraction of them will lead their enterprises through the rocky stages of growth to launch self-sustaining companies. Lidow demonstrates how founders can adopt the skills that are required at each stage of their journey. Whether you are at the idea stage or managing a more mature enterprise, you can start to recognize the fundamental conflict: how to balance your selfish drives with the more selfless leadership required by the organization at any given time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Success requires more than entrepreneurship; title: Prerequisites : mastering the skills of entrepreneurial leadership. Are you selfish enough to be selfless? ; Enterprises are needy ; Building relationships ; Motivating others ; Leading change ; Creating a personal leadership strategy; title: Application of entrepreneurial leadership skills. Strategizing fragile growth ; Organizing to succeed ; Hiring and firing ; Leading teams ; Leading through crises ; The selfish rewards of selfless entrepreneurial acts; title: Appendix A. Motivations, traits, and skills; title: Appendix B. The five essential entrepreneurial leadership skills; title: Appendix C. Characteristics of projects, processes, and culture; title: Appendix D. Characteristics of enterprises and their leaders in Stages One through Four; title: Appendix E. Relationship building and the benefits and costs of cooperation, competition, and retreat; title: Appendix F. The five prerequisites of change (The Five ducks); title: Appendix G. Ten basic strategic questions; title: Appendix H. Five phases of crisis revolution.