Running head: ENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP

Entrepreneur Leadership

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Entrepreneur Leadership

Introduction

Entrepreneurship entails coming up with a brilliant business idea and having infinite

enthusiasm and motivation to actualize the idea. Therefore, it takes a brave person to risk into the

whole matter of entrepreneurship. However, the bigger challenge is found in a situation where

the business idea succeeds and results in a need for one to be a leader to his employees. This

issue of being both an entrepreneur and a leader at the same time takes a braver person.

Therefore, an entrepreneur leader has to visualize the state of his business in the future. This

process may involve stating clearly the vision of the business, knowing the values to which the

business adheres, and setting both the short-term and long-term goals for the business. The

clarity of the above-mentioned principles should help the entrepreneur leader to know how to

grow his team. This involves hiring new employees, identifying skills of various people within

the team, assigning responsibilities, and motivating the entire team to help them deliver their full

potential.

The talented people work at their best potential in an environment where they are given

the necessary tools and accorded the freedom to deliver the assignment (Dehbannejad et al.

2017). This setting enables such people to exploit the maximum flexibility and have a chance to

work remotely. Further, this work environment gives the employees a sense of good treatment

and therefore provides them with an opportunity to undergo personal growth due to challenges

that the employees face. Consequently, there are high chances of innovative ideas coming up

concerning the handling of the task at hand. This aspect of managing employees differs from the

jobs that engage in close monitoring of the performance of the employees. Therefore, such an
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environment as John Smithers' provides a great potential for effectiveness in accomplishing the

works assigned and delivering the intended results if the employees head to the values dictating

their job.

This system of managing the employees has a number of merits as well as demerits. One

of the outstanding merits is that it gives the employees a sense of self-respect and self-esteem

since they are able to contribute so much to their company and consequently to their families and

the world at large (Dehbannejad et al. 2017). This style of managerial also guarantees employees

freedom. Consequently, the freedom accorded helps the employees to be more flexible. Hence,

the employees have the option of working remotely thereby enabling the employees to maneuver

through various challenges that enable them to experience faster growth. On the other hand, the

managerial style described has a potential of making the employees to violate the values and

code of ethics of the company. The excessive freedom accorded to the employees may cause

them to become unconscious of time, lazy, and feel like they are bosses hence doing things

recklessly (Canals, 2016).

With the advantages that come with this managerial style as described above including a

sense of self-respect and self-esteem, this style has the potential of improving morale among the

employees (Nwachukwu, Chládková, & Žufan, 2017). I look forward to working in a company

with this managerial style. This style of management can give me an opportunity to exploit my

full potential at work since it will enable me to be flexible in executing the various duties

assigned to me. Consequently, it will serve to boost my motivation towards my job.

In conclusion, the managerial style employed in entrepreneurship is a major factor in the

success of the company. It serves in a bigger way in affecting the employees' potential in
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executing their duties. The reason behind this fact is that employees' motivation in handling their

duties emanates from the treatment that their employers accord them. In a company where

management of the employees is loose and the employees have flexibility, they are able to work

to their full potential. Consequently, they are able to meet the goals of the company and undergo

quicker personal growth.

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References

Canals, J. (Ed.). (2016). Shaping Entrepreneurial Mindsets: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in

Leadership Development. Springer.

Dehbannejad, M., Sayadi, Z., Pordanjani, H. R., & Aghad, O. J. (2017). The Impact of

Leadership Style on Employee Creativity: Mediator Role of Employee Trust.

International Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11(1), 1393-1402.

Nwachukwu, C., Chládková, H., & Žufan, P. (2017). The relationship between entrepreneural

orientation, entrepreneurial competencies, entrepreneurial leadership, and firm

performance: a proposed model.