What can entrepreneurship teach us about creating environments of empowerment?

Joel Peterson, Chairman of JetBlue Airways and Professor at Stanford

Have you ever been part of a low-trust organization, where people seem to devote more energy to protecting themselves than to collaborating, or building good products? Or one where leaders hoard power and seem reluctant to give the reins over to anyone else? You might ask yourself how things got to that point, but an even more pressing concern is, how do you fix the situation? Our guest today has worked with some 300 companies in various stages of growth, and during his 50-year career he’s observed, researched, written and taught–about leadership, trust, and building strong teams. Today, he’ll help us consider the question:  

What can entrepreneurship teach us about creating environments of empowerment?

A conversation with Joel Peterson, on this episode of Lead With a Question.

Guest Bio:

Joel has a long history of successful growth capital investments in a variety of industries. He currently teaches Entrepreneurial Management at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford as well as the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways, and serves as a Director of Franklin Covey. He served formerly as Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Joel is the author of the books The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds that Make a Business Great; and Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff.

Learn more about Joel and his work by visiting https://www.joelcpeterson.com.

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