7 entrepreneurial leadership workouts : a guide to developing entrepreneurial leadership in teams. / Stephanie Jones and Martin Tynan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Stephanie, author.

Tynan, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, [2022]

Summary:

In a world changing faster than ever and as organisations are being reimagined, leaders and their teams need entrepreneurial leadership muscle. This book provides a guide through seven short muscle workouts about how to identify and develop the muscle-power to cope with whatever the world throws at your business.

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

Half Title

Title page

Copyright information

Acknowledgments

Chapter Int-Con

Introduction

Background to This Book: How It Started

Why Does This Matter?

The Start-Up Situation: The Anatomy of the Entrepreneurial Leader

How the Book Is Organised and How the Book Can Be Used

High-Level Overview of Each of the Workouts

Workout 1: Letting Go of Autonomy - from Founder-Led to Team Leadership - and Beyond

Workout 2: Anticipating Future Problems - from Solving One at a Time to Coping with Many - from the Here-and-Now to the Future

Workout 3: Changing Focus - from Being Customer-Focused to Problem-Solving 360° for the Customer - from Looking Outside (at Customers and Opportunities) to Looking Inside (Managing the Business Internally)

Workout 4: Allowing for Role Evolution - from Lack of Role Clarity to Role Definition

Workout 5: Coping with Risk - from One Single Point of Failure to Juggling Several Products, Processes and People Issues - Understanding Systemic Risk

Workout 6: Managing Culture Change - Understanding Person-Culture Fit from an Additive Start-Up to Matching the Values of a Sustainable Business

Workout 7: Building a Growth Mindset - from Start-Up to Sustainable Growth

1 Workout 1: Letting Go of Autonomy - from Founder-Led to Team Leadership - and Beyond

Part 1: Discussion of the Organisational Muscle to Be Developed

Challenge 1: I Am Not Alone!

Challenge 2: To Be Successful, I Need More People!

Part 2: Experiences of Entrepreneurial Leaders - Letting Go of Autonomy

Autonomy

Entrepreneurial Leadership Is a Collective Process!

Delegation Is Key!

Not Just Giving Employees Tasks but Trusting Them to Do the Tasks

Letting Go Is Hard - Really Hard!

Successful Leadership - Your Company Runs Itself!.

Part 3: Organisational Muscle Workout Practice - Moving from the Current State to the Future State

Workout Plan

2 Workout 2: Anticipating Future Problems - from Solving One at a Time to Coping with Many - from the Here and Now to the Future

Part 2: Experiences of Entrepreneurial Leaders - Anticipating the Future, Mono-problem-Solver to Multi-problem-Solver, and from eing Reactive to Proactive

The Future-Looking Perspective

Being Future-Oriented - the Challenge

Moving from Mono-problem-Solving to Multi-problem- or Systemic Problem-Solving

Moving from the Reactive to the Proactive

Part 3: Workout Practice - Moving from the Current State to the Future State

3 Workout 3: Changing Your Focus - from Being Customer-Driven to Problem-Solving 360° - from Looking Outside to Looking Inside

Part 2: Experiences of Entrepreneurial Leaders - External and Internal Focus

The Tendency to Keep Focused Externally - It's Hard to Let Go

Making the Transition - Launching the Process

Making the Transition - Tracking the Process

Adopting Some Corporate Features

Understanding the Outside and Inside Worlds

Part 3: Organisational Muscle Workout Practice - Moving from the Current State to the Future State

4 Workout 4: Allowing for Role Evolution - from Lack of Role Clarity to Role Definition

Part 2: Experiences of Entrepreneurial Leaders

Still the Figurehead, the Leader and the Strategist

Being an Inspirational Leader

Still Passionate about the Products

Beginning to Delegate

Managing Teams

Working with the Board.

From Doing Everything to Doing Mentoring and Coaching

Being the Monitor of the Progress of the Organisation

Roles Keep Evolving

5 Workout 5: Coping with Risk - from One Single Point of Failure to Juggling Several Products, Processes and People Issues - Understanding Systemic Risk

Part 2: Experiences of Entrepreneurial Leaders - Managing and Being Comfortable with Risk

Measuring Risks

Offsetting Risks

Proving You Can Take Risks

Coping with Risk

Creating a Risk Profile

Wanting to Take the Risk

Evolution of Risk-Taking

6 Workout 6: Managing Culture Change - Understanding Person-Culture Fit from an Additive Start-Up to Matching the Values of a Sustainable Business

Focus on Culture

Cultural Evolution

Culture Fit versus Culture Additive

Part 2: Experiences of Entrepreneurial Leaders - Managing Culture and Cultural Change

Flat Structures Define a Culture Type

Not All Start-Ups Are Flat

Staying Entrepreneurial

Even Start-Ups Have a Mix of Cultures

Family-Oriented Even If Not a Family

Cultures Evolving

Trying to Keep the Values

Driving the Culture

Comparison with Big Business

7 Workout 7: Building a Growth Mindset - from Start-Up to Sustainable Growth

Part 1: Discussion of the Organisational Muscle to Be Developed.

Part 2: Experiences of Entrepreneurial Leaders - Adopting a 'Growth' Mindset

Learning at the Start

Sticking to the Vision - or Moving On

Moving Away from the Original Plan

Hiring Growth-Mindset People

But It's Not Always So Easy

Moving On

Thinking as a Growth-Mindset Leader

Feedback Is King

Learning on the Job

8 Bringing the Workouts to Life

Workout 1: Letting Go of Autonomy

Workout 2: Anticipating Future Problems

Workout 3: Changing Your Focus from Being Customer-Driven to Problem-Solving 360°.

Workout 4: Allowing for Role Evolution

Workout 5: Coping with Risk

Workout 6: Managing Cultural Change

Workout 7: Building a Growth Mindset

Conclusion: Keeping in Shape: An Ongoing Process

Keeping in Shape with the Seven 'Developing Leadership Muscle' Workouts

The Seven Workouts - One by One

Workout 2: Anticipating Future Problems - from Solving One at a Time to Coping with Many

from the Here and Now to the Future

Workout 3: Changing Your Focus -from Being Customer-Driven to Problem-Solving 360° - from Looking Outside to Looking Inside

Keeping in Shape - Ongoing Muscle-Building

End Matter

References.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Jones, Stephanie 7 Entrepreneurial Leadership Workouts

ISBN:

1-83998-186-5

1-83998-185-7