Startup leadership : how savvy entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful enterprises /
Lidow, Derek, 1953-
Startup leadership : how savvy entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful enterprises / Derek Lidow. - First edition. - xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Success requires more than entrepreneurship -- 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 -- 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 -- Appendix A. Motivations, traits, and skills -- Appendix B. The five essential entrepreneurial leadership skills -- Appendix C. Characteristics of projects, processes, and culture -- Appendix D. Characteristics of enterprises and their leaders in Stages One through Four -- Appendix E. Relationship building and the benefits and costs of cooperation, competition, and retreat -- Appendix F. The five prerequisites of change (The Five ducks) -- Appendix G. Ten basic strategic questions -- Appendix H. Five phases of crisis revolution.
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.
9781118697054 (cloth) 1118697057 (cloth)
2013042360
016621239 Uk
New business enterprises.
Leadership.
HD 62.5 / .L525 2014
Startup leadership : how savvy entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful enterprises / Derek Lidow. - First edition. - xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Success requires more than entrepreneurship -- 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 -- 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 -- Appendix A. Motivations, traits, and skills -- Appendix B. The five essential entrepreneurial leadership skills -- Appendix C. Characteristics of projects, processes, and culture -- Appendix D. Characteristics of enterprises and their leaders in Stages One through Four -- Appendix E. Relationship building and the benefits and costs of cooperation, competition, and retreat -- Appendix F. The five prerequisites of change (The Five ducks) -- Appendix G. Ten basic strategic questions -- Appendix H. Five phases of crisis revolution.
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.
9781118697054 (cloth) 1118697057 (cloth)
2013042360
016621239 Uk
New business enterprises.
Leadership.
HD 62.5 / .L525 2014