1. Peterson’s Mistakes…
Failure to understand the magnitude of the entrepreneurial challenge
Tendency to smooth over/avoid conflict (desire to be liked)
Failure to look up, initiate interaction with seniors – naïve about the potential role of networks, how to exercise influence without authority
Little self-awareness – doesn’t learn from mistakes

2. Complexities of Management
MYTH
REALITY
Basic Concept
Authority
Interdependency
Source of power
Formal authority
“Everything but”
Key players
Subordinates
Includes those outside your formal authority
Key challenges
Cope with complexity
Cope with complexity AND change
Key competencies
Technical
Technical, human, conceptual
Desired outcomes
Control, compliance
Commitment
Source: Hill, L. Becoming a Manager, HBS Press

3. In an entrepreneurial setting…
These differences between myth and reality are amplified
Oftentimes due to:
Uncertainty/ambiguity re. future
Lack of data/reliable information
Urgency
Scarcity of resources

4. Personal Learning Questions
What myths do YOU carry with you re. leadership and management? Re. leadership in an entrepreneurial setting?
Have you ever been in a situation like EP? Seen anyone who reminded you of EP?
How / have you learned from these experiences/observations?
What strengths can you draw upon to prevent such missteps? To bounce back?
KEEP A PERSONAL LEARNING JOURNAL!!

5. A-608 COURSE OVERVIEW
Course themes and modules
A-608 is different
Pedagogy
Mechanics and expectations

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

7. Pedagogy Team exercises/role plays “Paper” Cases
Prepare assignment q’s for each case
Priorities: cases, readings, optional readings
Multimedia Cases
In-class videos or multimedia
Prepare assignment q’s
New Cases
GSE alumni entrepreneurs
Prepare readings, q’s
Activities
Team exercises/role plays

8. A-608 IS DIFFERENT DATA: More qualitative than quantitative
Use a variety of mediums
ANALYSES: Data-driven
Develop capacity to look at alternatives, make case
for action
ANSWERS: Often more than one is “right”
Be suspicious of the simple answer
STARTING POINT: You do not have a blank slate
Make you aware of what’s already on your slate;
Challenge & refine your heuristics
GOAL: Max your potential over long run
Focus on entrepreneurial challenges

9. Reactions Anticipated
For many, it will be fun b/c it’s a change of pace
Others will be comfortable w/ former patterns
COURSE:
Much more to do w/ who you are, what you are
capable of than what you “know”
Hooks into self-knowledge, self-assessment, self-
reflection
Have I ever experienced anything like this before?
Do I know someone who has? How did it turn out?
How did it feel? What does that imply?

10. Mechanics of the Course
Resources:
TFs: (lead) Uche Amaechi
A608A: Uche Amaechi, Laura Burgos, Zholl Tablante
A608B:Cortney Evans, Jeraul Mackey, Annie Knickman
Fac Asst: Tal Vaval
Appointments:
Office Hours: sign up on course site under “modules/course information”
Brown bag lunches, optional, also sign up on course site
Grading (details in syllabus):
Class Participation 40%
Mid Term Exam 25%, due 10/12 at noon
Final Paper 35%, due on 12/2 at noon
Expectations:
Presence, Preparation, Participation
More than one unexcused absence will negatively affect your grade; no make ups; screens strongly discouraged

11. For THURSDAY! Read the syllabus – front end in particular
Check out the course site
Up-to-date syllabus will always be online under “syllabus”; check this before you do an assignment (no changes will be made <48 hrs before class)
Slides will be under “modules” on course site by day/case, posted after A608B class
Materials will be posted under the “IPac” tab on the site; when there is a case and a reading, read the case FIRST
If you are ill/absent: check with classmates, study group; check course isite for slides/announcements
Prepare the Slade case! (do the numbers…)

12. You ask me where the mystery of being is – why yes, it’s right here
Henry N. Claman, M.D.
Arts & Humanities in Healthcare