This book features a series of muscle-developing workouts/exercises for entrepreneurial leaders and their teams wanting to develop fitness, strength, endurance, agility, leanness, flexibility, suppleness, and the ability to cope with adversity and to be resilient – a series of vital requirement in the process of adapting to “the new normal” demanded by our fast-changing world. In particular, these workouts are designed to enable entrepreneurial leaders and their teams to scale up transitional business ideas and innovative business concepts from the start-up phase to long-term sustainability. This muscle-power is also needed by organisations that are having to revisit or rework their established business models to adapt to the extreme volatility that is currently reshaping the business landscape. Based on Martin Tynan’s doctoral thesis, adapted from his leadership change and evolution model and including the consulting experience and MBA teaching background of best-selling leadership author Stephanie Jones, the authors show how to build muscle to achieve business growth and how to sustain that growth not just for you but for your team.
Зміст
Acknowledgements; Introduction;1 Workout 1: Letting Go of Autonomy–from Founder-Led to Team Leadership–and Beyond; 2 Workout 2: Anticipating Future Problems–from Solving One at a Time to Coping with Many–from the Here and Now to the Future; 3 Workout 3: Changing Your Focus–from Being Customer- Driven to Problem- Solving 360°–from Looking Outside to Looking Inside; 4 Workout 4: Allowing for Role Evolution–from Lack of Role Clarity to Role Definition; 5 Workout 5: Coping with Risk–from One Single Point of Failure to Juggling Several Products, Processes and People Issues–Understanding Systemic Risk; 6 Workout 6: Managing Culture Change–Understanding Person–Culture Fit from an Additive Start-Up to the Values of a Sustainable Business; 7 Workout 7: Building a Growth Mindset–from Start-Up to Sustainable Growth; 8 Bringing the Workouts to Life; Conclusion : Keeping in Shape: An Ongoing Process; References.
Про автора
Stephanie Jones is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Maastricht School of Management, consulting, training and teaching MBAs.
Martin Tynan is currently VP Human Resources for a global technology organization headquartered in California, USA.