Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff

Joel Peterson

• Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781400216772
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Make a lasting impact by launching new initiatives, inspiring others, and championing innovative approaches with this from-the-trenches guide by trusted executive mentor, entrepreneur, and leadership expert Joel Peterson.

Many leaders see their roles as presidents/managers, with a primary focus on keeping results consistent with past performance and on budget. These kinds of leaders make important contributions but rarely leave a mark on the businesses they serve.

For those wanting to make a lasting impact, new skills are required. Joel Peterson calls these higher-level leaders “entrepreneurial leaders,” and they create durable enterprises that deliver on their promise.

After three careers and demanding roles as CFO, CEO, chairman, lead director, adjunct professor, founder, author, entrepreneur and investor, Joel Peterson is often sought as a mentor and coach by leaders and aspiring leaders. He has worked with all types of leaders and considers the entrepreneurial leader to be the highest level of influence.

In Entrepreneurial Leadership, Peterson lays out a path to achieving this summit with a series of leadership maps organized around the four essential basecamps:

1. Establishing Trust
2. Creating a Sense of Mission
3. Building a Cohesive Team
4. Executing and Delivering Results

These core philosophies, while easy to summarize, can be extremely difficult to implement. 

This book of maps and mindsets is aimed at those who hope to lead others, help them achieve their best, break new barriers, change the status quo, create a legacy, develop a brand, and enjoy a life-altering experience.

Let Entrepreneurial Leadership guide you on your journey.

INDEX

A

Aaker, Jennifer, 95

activist boards, 169

Adams, John Quincy, 90

Adizes, Ichak, 187

administrators, xix, xxvi

adolescence, of companies, 187

adversarial negotiations, 137–38

adversity, overcoming. see overcoming adversity

advocacy, 156

AEI (American Enterprise Institute), 194–95

Afghanistan, xxvii, xxxi

age, willingness to change and, 197

agenda, meeting, 162–63

agendas, of board meetings, 173

agents, raising capital with, 148

Airbus A320 aircraft, 117, 118

airlines, debt financing for, 147–48

The Alchemist (Coelho), 117

aligned goals, 52

alignment, 59–67

Marvin Bower on, 60–61

and incentives, 65–66

lack of, 66–67

and mission building, 61–62

VOSTC map for achieving, 63–65

Allen, Woody, 127

Allstate, 47–48

all-volunteer organizations, 87

Amazon, 30, 42, 52, 191

American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 194–95

American Icon (Bryce Hoffman), xxix–xxx

analysis paralysis, 123

anchoring effect, 122

Andreessen, Mark, 143

anger, in negotiations, 141

ankylosing spondylitis, 95

AOL, 27

A&P, 44

apathetics, 195

Apple, 46

Apple University, 106

armed services, xxvii, xxxi

Asurion, xxv

atmosphere, meeting, 163–64

attendees, meeting, 161–62

attitude, 90–96

and gratitude, 93–94

and happiness, 94

and humility, 94–95

and humor, 95–96

and likability, 93

and success, 90–92

audience, meeting, 161–62

Azul, 105

B

bad decisions, 121–22

Bagdonas, Naomi, 95

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Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction: A Night Alone on the Mountain
• The World Needs More Entrepreneurial Leaders
• Build Trust
• Create a Mission
• Secure a Team
• Deliver Results
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author