Effectiveness: Startups demand leaders with extra skills

Leading a startup requires additional skills and tools. Mentors are especially valuable as start-up CEOs traverse unknown territories. Crisis management skills will be called upon fre-quently. An advisory board, an experienced active board of directors (not a rubber stamp) and experts in the wings can provide needed resources. Stress management will be valuable.

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Resources

List of CEO Peer groups and resources
Startup and Entrepreneur Resources - Annotated list and links to startup and entrepreneur resources.
Startup Funding Sources - List of funding sources for startups.

Author

The author of this page is Terry Gardiner

Terry Gardiner is the founder and President of Silver Lining Seafoods and NorQuest Seafoods - a medium-size Alaska seafood processing company; and currently a Board member of the Anvil Corporation, an employee-owned company specializing in oil and gas engineering.

His co-operative experiences include member director of the Commercial Fishermen Co-operative association; creation of legislation for the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank; and advisor to the US Dept of Health and Social Services for the state Health CO-OPs.

Terry served ten years as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives -several legislative committee chairmanships, Speaker of the House, Chairman of the Alaska Criminal Code Commission and board member on various state and federal boards and commissions.

His non-profit experiences include National Policy Director for the Small Business Majority in Washington DC; working with the Herndon Alliance and ForTerra.

Terry authored the leadership book, "Six-Word Lessons to Build Effective Leaders: 100 Lessons to Equip Your People to Create Winning Organizations".

For more check: Terry Gardiner Long bio