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Startup Leadership : How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises.
How startup entrepreneurs can make the leap from founder to long-term leader Why do so many entrepreneurs found innovative enterprises, only to find themselves failing as leaders once the business gets off the ground? Because, according to Derek Lidow, being an entrepreneur is fundamentally differen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Success Requires More Than Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneur, or Entrepreneurial Leader?; Stages, Skills, and Selfish Selflessness; Prerequisites: Mastering the Skills of Startup Leadership; Application: What an Entrepreneurial Leader Does; Part One: Prerequisites: Mastering the Skills of Entrepreneurial Leadership; Chapter 2: Are You Selfish Enough to Be Selfless?; Motivation Is Power; Motivations, Traits, and Skills: Your Capability Mix; Tracking Down Your Traits; Developing Your Skills; Chapter 3: Enterprises Are Needy.
- Projects, Processes, and Culture: The Three BasicsSurviving the Four Stages of Enterprise Maturity; Chapter 4: Building Relationships; Shared Objectives: The Foundation of All Relationships; Understanding Cooperation; Understanding Competition; Understanding Retreat; Building Powerful Relationships; ELs and the Skill of Relationship Building; ELs and the Skill of Communication; Overcoming Communication Biases; Building Powerful Complementary Relationships for the Long Term; Chapter 5: Motivating Others; Motivation and Self-Actualization; Motivational Issues with the Segway.
- Different Stages, Different MotivatorsChapter 6: Leading Change; The Anxiety of Change; Learning to Change; Lining Up the Ducks; Explaining the Importance of Change; Working with the Team; Nothing Is Perfect; Chapter 7: Creating a Personal Leadership Strategy; Step One: Tapping Into Core Motivations; Step Two: Getting Objective Mentors; Step Three: Inventorying Your Traits; Step Four: Assess Your Skills; Step Five: Drafting a Personal Leadership Strategy; Part Two: Application of Entrepreneurial Leadership Skills; Chapter 8: Strategizing Fragile Growth; Two Types of Entrepreneurial Strategies.
- Basic Strategic QuestionsStages as Strategic Beacons; Chapter 9: Organizing to Succeed; (Un)controllable by Design; Formal and Informal; Organizations Help Enterprises Mature; Organizing Stage One; Organizing Stage Two; Organizing Stage Three; Organizing Stage Four; Chapter 10: Hiring and Firing; Precious Lost Time; Hiring as a Process; Firing Effectively; Chapter 11: Leading Teams; A Little Motivation Delivers a Big Impact; Discovering the Value of Ducks; Leaders Admit Their Mistakes; The Importance of Strong Emotions; Leading a Board of Directors; Leading Teams of Talent.
- Chapter 12: Leading Through CrisesCrises Are Inevitable; The Phases of Crisis Leadership; Crisis Leaders Are Self-Aware; Baby Stepping Through a Crisis; Learning Your Lessons; The Critical Importance of Slack Time; Chapter 13: The Selfish Rewards of Selfless Entrepreneurial Acts; ELs Selfishly help Others; The Attraction of Sincere Selfishness; Valuable Ideas Are Everywhere; Appendix A: Motivations, Traits, and Skills; Appendix B: The Five Essential Entrepreneurial Leadership Skills; Appendix C: Characteristics of Projects, Processes, and Culture.