Peter Lucash Entrepreneurial Leadership present Northeastern Univ. Global Ldrshp Conf Oct 2 2015

Leading Entrepreneurial New Ventures:

An Emerging Model

Peter D. Lucash, MBA, MPHNortheastern University CPS Lecturer and EdD Candidate

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Joint Global Leadership ConferenceNortheastern University Coll of Professional Studies

Swinburne University of TechnologyOctober 2, 2015 Boston, MA USA

The question: Is entrepreneurial leadership distinctive?

Look for differences in: Situation Skills Competencies Traits Tasks

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Perhaps….. Entrepreneurial leadership IS the leadership model for the 21st century

If so, what does this mean for: Students Faculty Mid-career Organizations Entrepreneurs

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“Dimensions 7” EL Framework

Situational

SensemakingOpportunity

ID/InnovationVisioning

Relationships/ NetworkingAdvocacy/Influencing

Collaboration

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Define leadership

50 ways to leave your lover…………

6 ways to leave an airplane………..

100+ domains describing/ defining leadersip

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Working definition

Entrepreneurial leadership entails influencing and directing the performance of group members towards the achievement of organizational goals that involve recognizing and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities

(Renko, et al, 2015)

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Premise • High level of uncertainty• Nascent organizations• Few barriers• Range of prior experience• Intersection of leadership

and entrepreneurship

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Where are we? No comprehensive textbook

Undergraduate courses

Some research, but….

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EL RolesScenario enactment: Frame the situation and the challenge

Cast enactment: • convince potential followers

and stakeholders that the scenario is possible,

• by assembling resources to accomplish the objectives underlying the scenario.

• Creating a cast of characters—people endowed with the appropriate resources needed to execute the transformation.

(Gupta, et al, 2004)

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Leadership about capabilities, skills and knowledge

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1. Complex problem solving2. Solution construction3. Social judgmentMumford, Zaccaro, et al, 2000)

Mumford, Ensley et alModel

MIT/Sloan 4 Capabilities Model

1. Cognitive2. Interpersonal3. Business4. StrategicMumford, TV, Campion, et al, 2007

Leadership Strataplex

“Dimensions 7” EL Framework

1. Situational2. Sensemaking3. Opportunity

identification/Innovation4. Visioning5. Relationships/

Networking6. Advocacy/Influencing7. Collaboration

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SCENARIOSense-makingOpportunity identification/innovationVisioning

CASTRelationships/ NetworkingAdvocacy/InfluencingCollaboration

The Situation

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“Dimensions 7” EL Framework

Implications Integrate into business courses: Innovation Opportunity

discovery Launch “new”

Management Development

Economic development

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Who has the first question?

Peter Lucashpeter@lucash.com843-402-0900

Charleston, SC

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References

Gupta, V., MacMillan, I. C., & Surie, G. (2004). Entrepreneurial leadership: developing and measuring a cross-cultural construct. Journal of Business Venturing, 19(2), 241-260.Renko, M., El Tarabishy, A., Carsrud, A. L., & Brännback, M. (2015). Understanding and measuring entrepreneurial leadership style. Journal of Small Business Management, 53(1), 54-74.Mumford, M. D., Zaccaro, S. J., Connelly, M. S., & Marks, M. A. (2000). Leadership skills: Conclusions and future directions. The Leadership Quarterly, 11(1), 155-170.Mumford, T. V., Campion, M. A., & Morgeson, F. P. (2007). The leadership skills strataplex: Leadership skill requirements across organizational levels.The Leadership Quarterly, 18(2), 154-166.

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OODA Loop OBSERVE: Situational awarenessORIENT: Situational understandingDECIDE: Situational judgmentACT: Situational influence

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