E. Rogers Associates

The Importance of Developing Your Leadership Skills as an Entrepreneur

I am writing this as a response and addition to Stanley Truskie’s post regarding the importance of leadership for entrepreneurs. His post brings together some important points about entrepreneurs becoming organizational leaders. Some additional reference points to note:

As Truskie states “ Everyone does not have the will or desire to become a leader.” Understanding one’s traits and drivers is critical in helping a leader determine whom they need to surround themselves with to build a successful high growth company. This would be a critical role an advisory service might provide an entrepreneurial leader. It is also a role that could benefit a VC firm-not just provide the funding, but providing support to the entrepreneur as the firm grows.

Along these lines, my company, E. Rogers Associates, has launched a study to understand how start ups and high growth companies think about and address strategic people practice challenges and opportunities. The survey should only take ten minutes and the results will be confidential. By participating, start ups will receive an executive summary of the results and will have the opportunity to influence topics covered in our networking group.

Follow the links below to take the survey:

Senior Human Resources Leader Survey

CEO Survey