Astia Leadership Workshop

Date: Monday, 19th December 2011

Time: 2-5pm

Workshop Leader: Brian Evje

Location: Generously hosted by Ideaspace

Who should attend: Entrepreneurs, Founders, Leaders, Professionals

RSVP: Space is limited

Coffe, Tea, Biscuits will be provided

Cost: £ 35

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

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.

Brian Evje

Astia Executive in Residence

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.

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 a graduate of Santa Clara University, Brian is completing the Master’s program in Consulting and Coaching for Change at HEC School of Management, Paris / Saїd Business School, University of Oxford.

About Astia

Founded in 1999 in Silicon Valley, Astia is an innovative global not-for-profit organization that propels women's full participation as entrepreneurs and leaders in high-growth businesses, fueling innovation and driving economic growth.  Astia offers programs for high-growth start-ups that deliver results.

About ideaSpace

This project is supported by the ideaSpace Enterprise Accelerator Funding Programme.

ideaSpace, part of the University of Cambridge Hauser Forum, aims to foster an inspiring culture and enabling environment for innovations with potential global impact. Through its Enterprise Accelerator programme, ideaSpace has an integrating role in the development of national and local innovation and enterprise policy. Partners include enterprise hubs, innovation clusters, science parks and incubators, working together to create the resources needed to influence policy to help generate growth. For more information, please see www.ideaspace.cam.ac.uk