1.5.6 Entrepreneur to leader

good leaders are …

emotionally intelligent and have good interpersonal skills

emotional intelligence

combinds recognising the inpact of our own emotions on our feelings and actions with considering other peoople emotions and feelings when interacting with them

why may entrepreneurs have issues moving from entrepreneur to leaders

• reluctantly to hand over control, making it difficult to delegate

• loss of autonomy in decision making

• learning to trust others and not feel the need to constantly oversee everything/micromanage

delegation

passing down of authority frm a superior to a subordinate

benefits of delegation

• job sharing

• job satisfaction

• specialisation

• flexibility

• progression

Verification

Involves reviewing, inspecting and testing to check performance levels. Constant verification though, can be read as lack of trust

Verification disadvantage

Can be seen as a lack of trust

Validation

Often contains an element of recognition for work (e.g. reassurance that their doing a good job). Validation is often part of appraisal (e.g. checking people’s progression in a role, identifying training and support needs and planning career development)