Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck just made The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller lists.
Published by Harvard Business Review Press (2012), authors Tjain, Harrington & Hsieh write about "what it takes to be an Entrepreneur" and I guess more importantly, "build a great business". I have to thank my brother-in-law for clueing me in to this book.
From their work with hundreds of executives and business builders across the globe, the authors found that every one of their subjects—from young founder to seasoned CEO—possesses these attributes in some combination. Finding out which trait drives us can lead to a greater awareness of our entrepreneurial profile and help us, and our organization, achieve the success we want.
Very practical and insightful tips are provided throughtout, but the one that stood out for me was #3 of their so-called 8 "Wisdom Manifestos" - Think Big, Start Small, then Scale Fast.
I am currently consulting with a very successful beauty and F&B group in Singapore as well as working with one of Singapore's largest pre-school operators for a series of training interventions - both have to do with changing culture and mindset.
This wisdom manifesto really reminded me on how organisations can adopt this approach to achieve long term and sustainable change, such that they do not become just another HBR "70% of all change efforts fail" * statistic.
Think Big is a must - this creates the vision of where we want to go, but Start Small - find passionate ambassadors who will act as change agents to catalyse those around them, from these seedlings will be the genesis for a much larger pool of advocates which the organisation can now leverage & Scale Fast, reaching across the entire organisation.
Wise words for success, indeed!
* from the landmark 1995 paper by John P Kotter and also later by Peter Senge in "Dance of Change"
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