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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Management Summary<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Embedding entrepreneurship in organisations is a transformation process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Successfully and permanently anchoring entrepreneurship in organisations is a transformation process. Transformation takes time, commitment and consistency at management level. Only then can the credibility that is needed to convince people of something new be maintained throughout the entire process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve this, we recommend a top-down process with five steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Setting an example of entrepreneurship<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Define and operationalise as corporate value<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Define competence and anchor it with behavioural characteristics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Provide space for entrepreneurial competence to develop<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Recognising progress<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    If you want to develop your organisation to become more entrepreneurial, I am an experienced sparring partner who will not only help you to find the right start to the process, but will also support you throughout the entire transformation at the various levels - cultural development, skills development and your personal development.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Setting an example of entrepreneurship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Be a role model and exemplify entrepreneurship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    If you want to promote entrepreneurship in your organisation, you are only credible if you exemplify it. This also includes that your leadership style is characterised by, among other things, high trust in others, i.e. relational trust. It requires that you live a high tolerance for mistakes, that you yourself are also willing to take and let go of risks within a defined framework, and that you stay out of the operational business as much as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But with many managers and entrepreneurs I experience that the desire for an entrepreneurial organisation often fails due to a lack of letting go. Therefore: If you want to promote entrepreneurship in your organisation, this also implies a personal development for you - away from the best employee to the real entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Promote entrepreneurship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Define and operationalise as corporate value<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    As an organisation, to attract and retain the people who want to be entrepreneurial, we recommend, Entrepreneurship as a value of the organisation to define it. However, it is not enough to write down this value or to integrate it into the company's mission statement. Rather, the key lies in the Operationalisation of this valueto define visible results. \"How can we \/ our customers \/ our business partners tell that we think and act entrepreneurially?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once this question has been answered, the next step is to establish or strengthen the framework conditions needed to achieve the defined results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Define competence and anchor it with behavioural characteristics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    One way to do this is to define a competence map for entrepreneurship. This competence map includes all the relevant Individual competencies together with meaningful behavioural characteristics. The competency map we have developed for entrepreneurship lists eight individual competencies, including Visionary and Strategic Thinking, Lateral Thinking and Innovation, Decision-Making Skills and the Ability, take risks within a defined framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Provide space for entrepreneurial competence to develop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Entrepreneurial competence can develop when everyone in the company can be effective and shape things themselves. This self-efficacy develops more quickly in organisations in which a fault tolerance culture prevails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Develop and live a culture of fault tolerance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    A culture of fault tolerance requires the attitude that mistakes are part of learning and development processes (Error acceptance). This attitude is most visible through a freedom from sanctions and the attitude \"If a mistake happens, it's not about finding the culprit and punishing them, it's about getting the cow off the ice again and learning from the mistake so that it doesn't happen again\". In companies where there is a culture of fault tolerance, employees are much more willing to think outside the box, experiment or even make decisions on their own, even if they are not one hundred percent sure that it is the right decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This decision-making competence stands for the will and the ability to take responsibility for one's own actions and responsibility for the development of the company - the first step towards entrepreneurship in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Strengthening the decision-making competence of teams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Changing the decision-making culture in companies is a lengthy development process. It is not just about employees being prepared to take on more responsibility. Above all, it is also about decision-makers being prepared to relinquish responsibility and let go. This is all the more likely to succeed if the framework conditions are clearly defined and accepted by everyone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n