I have been working on Leadership Development of the executive teams of several start-ups, most of them based in Bangalore. Having also worked in start-ups in the Bay Area, California in the capacity of a software developer, following is what I have observed.<\/p>\n

Start-ups move very fast. They need to fail quickly, iterate, reitirate, chuck business plans, create new plans, take somethings from the old plans and move on. Most start-up executive teams comprise of very young leaders, although I do think they will benefit from some seniority just like Google did when it brought in Eric Schmidt.<\/p>\n

What young start-up leaders have going for them are :<\/p>\n

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• Energy ( trust me, loads of it ).<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
• Passion.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
• Support of Venture Capitalist’s, which includes access to a lot of great advice and guidance from mentors.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
• A certain kind of agility and adaptability.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
• Access to information and knowledge like never before.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  They also seem to be fairly detached at times because of youth and knowing that there are a lot of opportunities out there for them.<\/p>\n

  The area of Leadership development that start-ups need most is<\/p>\n

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  • Maturity<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Decision making<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Leading others [ Developing,Collaborating, Influencing,Delegating]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Risk taking<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Executive Presence<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Organization, Structure and Time management<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Managing Self<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    I integrate and weave the leadership development in their work schedule, since taking time away for them is such a constraint.<\/p>\n

    Finally, as with any other vertical, it depends on the commitment of the individual or team on how much ownership of growth they take upon themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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