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ACQUIRABLE
ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR
Commitment
and determination
Leadership
Opportunity obsession
Tolerance of risk, ambiguity and
uncertainty
Creativity, self reliance and ability to
adopt
Motivation to excel
Ability to plan and manage
NOT SO EASILY ACQUIRABLE ATTITUDES
AND BEHAVIOUR
Energy,
health and emotional stability
Gut feel
Capacity to inspire
Creativity and innovativeness
Values
BARRIERS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Invulnerability
Being macho
Being anti authoritarian
Impulsive
Outer control (no locus of control) feel
unable to change things
Perfectionist
Know it all
Counter dependency – don’t want to
work with others
Do
you have what it takes to be a
successful entrepreneur?
Are
you prepared to fill the gaps?
Didn’t
get all the answers from a training
course?
Losing
enthusiasm?
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we can we help you... |
We
provide a mentoring service to would be
entrepreneurs |
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Intrapreneurs
and their impact
on your business |
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Does
your organisation need to awaken the
entrepreneurial spirit?
Do
you encourage innovation and harness the
entrepreneurial talent of your staff?
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Developing
An Intrapreneurial Culture
STRATEGIC
IMPERATIVES |
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Top
level commitment |
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Unlimited
access to resources (if the idea
is good, we will find the
resources) |
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Opportunity
planning rather than resource
rationing (funding the
opportunity ratherthan
allocating resources for
opportunities which may
be identified) |
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Allocate
development capital and make the
allocation of further funds
dependant upon
progress |
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Plan
a portfolio of balanced risk |
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Use
realistic time frames |
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Organise
project teams across
divisional/functional
boundaries, but allow membership
to occur on a self selecting
basis |
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Control
systems should measure
performance of the project
against agreed measurement
criteria |
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Reward
systems must recognise tolerance
for failures |
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Consider
selecting projects that are
likely to succeed initially to
create a climate of confidence |
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Celebrate
success
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Organising
for innovation
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elements are:
for
more detail about organising for
innovation click here |
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The change agent |
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Commitment of top,
senior and middle
management |
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Realistic timescale (1 -
5) years |
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An
effective process |
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We
can design and facilitate a process that
will empower you and your management
team to introduce and maintain a culture
that supports and exploits innovation
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