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...

Future oriented leads need moderation skills to get more out of their teams and themselves by supporting an autonomous working style.
If you learn how to moderate your meetings and workshops better you will be able to:
- get better and more ideas
- gain more trust between your teammates
- reach more commitment and motivation
- get more “we-feelings” and by that psychological safety
- support individual growth
- establish better decision making processes (where you don’t need to be a part of anymore)

The more autonomy an individual in a team is supposed to have, the clearer the goals, rules, values, own motivation and self-responsibility should be.
We need to make sure that we have everyone on board and on the same page. Having the feeling of being part of the team and being heard. Therefore it’s important that leads learn to create situations where the team takes the stage, has time to work together in a structured way and feels comfortable and guided to shape their own project, team and busine...