Building Entrepreneurial
Management Teams

 

One of the largest challenges is to build teams that work and grow together consistently. This is even more apparent in smaller and entrepreneurial teams which have different characteristics than a standard management team .

The simplification of this process of building teams takes practice but yields benefits that far outstrip the efforts spent.

The points below have been left in point form due to the sheer volume of information,we will be pleased to assist you with them.

Understanding An Entrepreneurial Management Team

• Why the difference,
• Smaller in nature,
• Possible less management depth,
• Lone wolfs often, decreased depth of team experience base to draw from

Entrepreneurial vs Corporate Culture

• Corporate - refined and mentored culture,
• Entrepreneurial - dynamic, agile, high growth, wild west analogy

 

Defining Team Roles

• Assigning responsibilties,
• Clear and understood processes and workflows,
• Escalation criteria on exceptions,
• Escalation points on exceptions
• Higher reliance on team roles due to increased agility requirments

Developing A Team Code Of Conduct

• How will the team treat each other?
  • Respect,
  • Communication,
  • Lines of authority,
• Disagreement mechanism,
• Honouring of deadlines,
• Pro active vs reactive communication,
• Performance measurement and feedback
• Increased reliance on interpersonal matters and communication not interfering,
• Management skill sets may not be as developed

The Increased Burdens Of This Type Of Team

• Members more specialized,
• Team scaling,
• Larger amounts of responsibitly per team member typically,
• Time to acquire skill sets often not available,
• More self direction required, often committd to but not there,
• Mentorship in specific operational areas often not available from above

Eliminating The Effects Of These Increased Burdens

• Outside resources to fill in skill set or experience gaps,
  • Temporary or ongoing,
• Selected Advisors,
  • Specific to required needs,
  • May be applied consistently or selectively,
• Advisory boards,
  • Varied set of professionals and advisors ,
  • Involved consistently in the busiess,
  • Frequency of meetings consistency important

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