Lead Upwards

Incredible careers full of impressive leadership and inspiring results are not the sole province of startup founders and entrepreneurs. Those who join startups--either as executives or as individual contributors or managers--can also achieve extraordinary outcomes with the right combination of vision, drive, talent, and resilience. In Lead Upwards: How Startup Joiners Can Impact New Ventures, Build Amazing Careers, and Inspire Great Teams, marketing leader and startup mentor Sarah E. Brown delivers an incisive and comprehensive exploration of how to turn an executive role in a startup into an impactful and successful experience worth celebrating. In the book, you'll discover how to earn--and prepare for--an executive role at a startup, as well as bridging the transition between manager and executive and evaluating your fit at various companies. You'll learn how to navigate your first 90 days at a startup effectively and to deliver results and manage your team effectively while dealing with the challenges presented by remote and distributed teams. You'll also learn to communicate your results to your CEO and your board as your company grows in size and complexity. The author explains how to build and manage your team and department through smart recruiting, razor-focused alignment and strategy, inspirational leadership, and a healthy, inclusive culture. Find out the steps you need to take to level up your skills, executive presence, and resilience as your company--and your role within it--matures. Lead Upwards is an eye-opening and comprehensive handbook to making your voice heard and your presence felt at a startup company. It's a detailed guide to delivering results and shaping your--and your company's--future, one sound decision at a time.