The topic came up again recently in one of our workshops: We need to think entrepreneurially! Colleagues should be more entrepreneurial. And then everyone nodded their heads and said: “Yes, that makes sense”. But what does that actually mean in everyday life? And how do I become an “entrepreneur”? After all, this is where three very highly chunked, undefined nouns come together: Skills, Mindset, Entrepreneur. In our organizations we first should clarify what we actually expect from each other...

Let's ask our own Digital Leader Program MyGPT version: An entrepreneurial mindset describes the ability to think and act entrepreneurially. Individuals with this mindset tend to be proactive, creative and risk-taking. They see opportunities in challenges and strive for continuous improvement and innovation. Core elements of the entrepreneurial mindset:

•  Proactivity: Employees are encouraged to take initiative and work independently. This means that they do not wait for tasks to be assigned...

The New Narrative has put it in a nutshell: written communication is an important part of our modern hybrid working world. We from Digital Leader Program are convinced that non-verbal communication plays an at least as important role in a remote context.

Did you know that:

•  55% of communication is based on body language?
•  38 % is based on tone of voice?
•  Only 7% is conveyed through the spoken word?

We can also harness the power of non-verbal communication in a remote context:

➡️ Do you leave on the video in video calls? Is your remote setup consciously set up in terms of lighting, alignment and background?

➡️Do you listen attentively to your counterpart in meetings? Or do you complete tasks in the meantime?

➡️In which way do you experience interruptions from letter carriers and co?

All these examples have an impact on our non-verbal communication.

What do you think? In which way do you take non-verbal aspects into account in your daily (remote) communication?

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