“Leadership in a Startup: Managing the Transition from Entrepreneur to Founder-Leader”

Date:                             August 17th

Time:                             1:00- 3:30 pm

Location:                 Moss Adams

                              3979 Freedom Circle, Suite 300

                              Santa Clara, CA  95054

Who should attend:  Startup CEOs, Founders, and Leaders

RSVP:                     Space is limited; please RSVP to jen@astia.org

Workshop Overview

Before launching their own startups, many entrepreneurs have been highly effective individual contributors or managers in established organizations.  Yet the role of a Founder-Leader has a wholly different purpose – and what has made an entrepreneur successful in the past does not necessarily make for a successful future as a leader. 

Designed for startup CEOs and Founders, this interactive workshop incorporates how to evaluate your leadership style and identify what you want to change; how we actually learn to become better leaders; the centrality of emotional intelligence in leadership; and the resources and tools for your development as a leader.

The focus is on thinking and doing.  This is about the very hard work and significant responsibility of leading others – and doing it well in the dynamic environment of an innovative, loosely structured, rapidly changing start-up.

For new leaders, or those with limited experience, the session will provide a tangible framework for approaching your unfamiliar challenges.  For experienced leaders, the discussion is an opportunity to examine your familiar patterns, think about leadership from a fresh perspective – and try an approach that is different and new.

Workshop Facilitator: Brian Evje

Brian Evje helps people and organizations manage change and growth.  This involves a process consultation approach to change management (organization and culture), leadership development, organizational health (design, effectiveness, and fitness), executive coaching, strategy, performance improvement, training, and hiring the right people in the right roles.  A former Astia Executive-in-Residence, Brian is a Management Consultant with the Organizational Effectiveness practice of Slalom Consulting (www.slalom.com.)                                

Brian has worked in human resources and business operations with early-stage and high-growth startups, public companies, the public benefit sector, and as a private consultant.  A Certified Coach with Results Coaching Systems, a Certified 360° Assessment Facilitator with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), and certified in Prosci's Change Management Program, Brian is a graduate of Santa Clara University and completed the Master’s program Consulting and Coaching for Change at HEC School of Management, Paris / SaÑ—d Business School, University of Oxford