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The People
The People
EntrepreneurialLeadership
“Process of creating
an entrepreneurial vision
and inspiring a team to
enact the vision in high
velocity and uncertain
environments”
Pro-activeness Influencing & lead future rather than waiting to be influenced,
exploit opportunities & accept responsibility of failureProactive response to environmental opportunities
(anticipate future problems, need for change and improve)
Innovativeness think creatively, develop novel & useful ideas in response to
opportunity recognition, resource utilization & problem solving
Distinctive attribute of entrepreneurial leadership
Risk TakingWillingness to absorb uncertainty and take responsibility Prudential and calculated risk taking - common
characteristics particularly in the early stages of entrepreneurship process
How Entrepreneurial Leaders Think
Take Initiative(critical role)
Entrepreneurial Creativity
(opportunities)
Takes RiskTakes
Responsibility
Involves instilling confidence to think, behave
and act with entrepreneurship in the interests of the
intended purpose of the organization and beneficial
growth of the stakeholders
Essential Qualities of
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Vision and Dis-satisfaction with the Present“Change depends on a
defined dissatisfaction with present - vision for how things should be and clear idea of first steps that need to be taken” – (John Kotter in “Leading Change”)
Bill Gates - business-oriented Entrepreneurial Leadership
Mr Patrick Awuah; President of Ashesi University College Ghana – Social oriented Entrepreneurial Leadership
Knowing &Taking Advantage of Your Unfair Advantages
Effectuation - How
entrepreneurs use their
unfair advantages to build
their enterprise in
advantageous ways
Analogy to cooking
Bill Gates
Mr Patrick Awuah
Ability to Get People On-board & Add to Vision
Good entrepreneurs are
always recruiting
Tend to engage others to
build a core team
Engage people by
encouraging participation,
rewarding success and
thus adding them to the
vision
Flexibility to Adapt, Openness to Feedback and Ability to Learn
Entrepreneurial leaders are flexible
Entrepreneurial leaders are also fair and open to receiving feedback
Entrepreneurial leaders give employees credit for suggestions
Persistence and Execution
Single attribute vital to successful leadership entrepreneurship
Multifaceted component of leadership entrepreneurial motivation & drive
Accentuate positive, downplay negative & guide to success
Relentlessly focused on activities that get them to their vision
Key Benefits of
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Takes responsibility so that organization generates its own order & responds creatively to environment
Productive for the organization & liberating for leader
Entrepreneurial leaders are unleashing their own creativity
Creativity
Value addition - innovation that was introduced and how the cus tomers accepted it
Designed to cover a gap
Good entrepre neurship solves the world’s problemsGoogle (finding new websites / sources), Microsoft (system for computers), Amazon.com (e-commerce). Facebook (social connectivity) ………
Value Addition to Society
Driven by an overriding purpose when starting their business
Develop a multi-faceted vision for future growth
Guides the day-to-day operations and strategic decision-making
Multi-faceted Vision
Ideas for fostering national economic growth and development
Productive for the organization & liberating for the leader
Important input in the economic development of the country
Trigger head to give spark to economic activities by his entrepreneurial decisions
National Development and Growth
Entrepreneurial Leadership for Development of Country
Promotes Capital Formation
Creates Large-Scale Employment Opportunities
Promotes Balanced Regional Development
Reduces Concentration of Economic Power
Wealth Creation and Distribution
Increasing Gross National Product and Per Capita Income
Improvement in the Standard of Living
Promotes Country's Export Trade
Facilitates Overall Development
"It is a constant struggle to
find people who can be both
entrepreneurial and
conventional leaders...
Finding them is the
fundamental issue in any
company that wants to
grow."
(Roger Ackerman, Chairman
and CEO, Corning - A Fortune
50 Company)
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