Course overview
Leadership skills are critical in the value creation process of successfully bringing a new venture to life. You will examine the relationship between entrepreneurship, value creation and the entrepreneurial leader's role in driving innovation and growth. Key skills learnt will facilitate development of capabilities to adapt leadership approaches/practices in a variety of business and organisational contexts. You will explore and discuss issues such as judgement of when to use various leadership techniques; building a culture of creativity and innovation; assessing when and how to grow the business; developing a shared purpose, company values and vision that inform recruiting, developing and reward systems, as well as being able to identify potential negative issues that occur in different roles within an entrepreneurial team.
Course learning outcomes
- Examine and critically apply key frameworks, theories and models of "best practice" relating to standard and complex entrepreneurial leadership, including leadership as a form of stakeholder service
- Explore and employ leadership skills to identify and facilitate sustainable change in today's uncertain environment and increasingly diverse workplaces
- Evaluate leadership situations and devise more effective approaches reflecting the interplay of values, ethics, corporate culture and governance structures