So what are you doing today about
Taking Risks,
Building Alliances,
Breakout Opportunities?
Reid Hoffman in
The Start-Up of You
gives these three leadership ideas for being entrepreneurial leaders (and he believes that we all must be this kind of leader, both for our organizations and for our own careers).
Take intelligent and bold risks to accomplish something really great. Whatever your vision and mission is, whatever your passion - if it is worth having, then it is worth a full investment of your best energy. But, your best energy is not enough if you are not willing to be WISE and BOLD in risk taking. Great things do not happen for the timid and for those who hover around their comfort zone.
Work really hard to build a great network of alliances, partners, friends and resources. You need this because the really great visions and the truly bold risks always need more than what you can personally provide. You need help. So work hard to find the best connections, nurture those relationships, make them mutually beneficial, and use them well.
Position yourself for breakout opportunities. In fact, do more than position yourself. Actively seek the "breakout opportunity." It is increasingly rare that great opportunities come along and bump in to you. You have to go looking for them. What are you looking for these days? Where are you looking for it? What are you finding?
Personally, when I evaluated myself on each of these, I came away thinking I have a lot of work to do on each one. I did some journaling on "preliminary ideas" for each one and started getting excited.
Like every post... you can just read it, note the idea... and promptly forget it.
Or you can wrestle with it and begin the work of integration and implementation.
Brian K. Rice
Leadership ConneXtions International
www.lci.typepad.com
