1. A-608: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning
Themes
Organizational Culture
Building Effective Teams
Organizational Change
Organizational Alignment
Changing organizations from within (intrapreneurship)
Building organizations (entrepreneurship)
Organizational Learning
Learning to Lead
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Learning

2. Examples of Entrepreneurial Behavior (vs. Administrative Behavior)
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship: the pursuit of opportunities without regard to resources currently controlled*
Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America
Opportunity-driven
Creative use of resources
Flat/informal networks
Team-based
Performance focused
Action-oriented
* Stevenson, 2006: “A Perspective on Entrepreneurship,” HBSP Note , p. 3
Examples of Entrepreneurial Behavior (vs. Administrative Behavior)
Entrepreneurial Management = a range of behaviors

3. The Manager’s Responsibilities
Managing the Team’s Boundaries:
Scanning the competitive environment
Managing external relationships
Team Effectiveness:
Team’s output meets the standards of those who have to use it
Team experience contributes to the members’ personal well-being and development
Team experience enhances the capability of members to work and learn together in the future
Managing the Team Itself:
Designing the team
-Setting the agenda
-What type of team is needed?
-Team composition and structure
Facilitating the team process
-Shaping the team’s culture
-Coaching the team

4. Decision-Making Options
Autonomous
Delegated
Consultation
Joint
Decision is made by leader alone.
Decision, within specified parameters, is made by individual or group.
Decision is made by leader after advice from team members(s).(Decision is leader’s first choice.)
Decision is made by members and leader together through true consensus. (Decision not made until leader and members can actively support it even if not first choice.)
These choices are adapted from V. Vroom and P. Yetton, Leadership and Decision-Making (Pittsburg, PA: University Press, 1973).

5. Paradoxes Inherent in the Leadership and Management of Teams
Embrace individual differences
Embrace collective identity and goals
Foster support among team members
Foster confrontation among team members
Focus on performance
Focus on learning and development
Balance team member discretion and autonomy
Balance managerial authority
Where do you fall on these continua?

6. Fit
Self
Self
Style
Style
Situation
Situation

7. Misfit
Self
Self
Style
Style
Situation
Situation

8. Learning Journal – Taran Swan
What entrepreneurial behaviors have I practiced? In what ways was I effective/not?
What is my dominant or preferred leadership style? What is my range (ability to adapt)?
How does my style help or hinder my ability to exercise influence in organizations?
What would happen if I suddenly had to “work from my bed for four months?” Would I put an interim leader in place?
When is it time for you to declare victory and leave the field?