Reduce avoidable variation in how entrepreneurial mindset is carried out across teams.
Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset Inside Organisations
Learn to design, measure and defend your organisation's approach to entrepreneurial mindset.
Course Overview
Data on entrepreneurial mindset is abundant; insight about it is not. Policy on the people management and development capability is judged by how it is applied in the difficult cases, not the easy ones. The course leaves participants able to diagnose weaknesses in the wider people management and development agenda before they become incidents. Organisations that document entrepreneurial mindset properly resolve disputes about it far more quickly. The programme works equally well for those formalising this strand of people management and development for the first time and those improving an existing approach. Discussion is anchored to worked examples of the people management and development capability rather than to abstract argument. What blocks progress on entrepreneurial mindset is usually unclear ownership rather than unclear intent. The course gives participants a defensible structure for this aspect of people management and development and the judgement to adapt it. The final session converts the week's work on this area of people management and development into commitments with owners and dates.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Handle exceptions to entrepreneurial mindset consistently and document the reasoning.
Agree the first three actions on entrepreneurial mindset that will be taken on returning to work.
Address the equity and inclusion implications of entrepreneurial mindset deliberately.
Ensure decisions taken under entrepreneurial mindset would withstand external scrutiny.
Set acceptance criteria for entrepreneurial mindset before work begins rather than after.
Measure the effect of entrepreneurial mindset on retention, performance and engagement.
Who Should Attend
Internal communications staff explaining entrepreneurial mindset to the workforce.
Public sector personnel officers applying entrepreneurial mindset within regulation.
Recruitment and resourcing staff affected by entrepreneurial mindset.
Planning staff whose forecasts and budgets are affected by entrepreneurial mindset.
Learning and development officers building capability in entrepreneurial mindset.
Officers preparing reports on entrepreneurial mindset for boards or oversight committees.
Course Modules
Entrepreneurial mindset: communication and employee understanding
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Piloting a change to entrepreneurial mindset before committing
- Plan succession for roles most exposed to entrepreneurial mindset.
- Set the annual review point for entrepreneurial mindset and who attends.
- Identify the data the organisation already holds that bears on entrepreneurial mindset.
- Reduce the variation in how entrepreneurial mindset is carried out between teams.
Session 2The exception to entrepreneurial mindset that sets the precedent
- Design the communication for entrepreneurial mindset around the questions people will actually ask.
- Confirm records relating to entrepreneurial mindset meet retention and privacy rules.
- Identify single points of dependency in entrepreneurial mindset and reduce them.
- Build the appeals route for entrepreneurial mindset and publish it.
Entrepreneurial mindset: capability across the management line
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Keeping records on entrepreneurial mindset that are lawful and useful
- Ask employees what entrepreneurial mindset feels like from their side.
- Name a single owner for each element of entrepreneurial mindset.
- Define who decides on entrepreneurial mindset and who may only recommend.
- Map the handovers in entrepreneurial mindset between functions and secure them.
Session 2The cost of entrepreneurial mindset and how to present it
- Rehearse the briefing on entrepreneurial mindset that would follow an incident.
- Review whether entrepreneurial mindset is aligned with the objectives of the workforce.
- Check that entrepreneurial mindset complies with current labour regulation in every location.
- Verify six months later that changes to entrepreneurial mindset have held.
Entrepreneurial mindset: policy design and legal footing
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What your existing data already says about entrepreneurial mindset
- Collect evidence on the present handling of entrepreneurial mindset before proposing changes.
- Check that records of entrepreneurial mindset answer the questions likely to be asked.
- Pilot changes to entrepreneurial mindset in one area before wider rollout.
- Set the consistency check that catches uneven application of entrepreneurial mindset.
Session 2Applying entrepreneurial mindset consistently to the person you like least
- Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to entrepreneurial mindset.
- Train line managers on entrepreneurial mindset rather than handling every case centrally.
- Plan the sequence in which improvements to entrepreneurial mindset will be introduced.
- Script the difficult conversation entrepreneurial mindset requires and rehearse it.
Entrepreneurial mindset: cost, benefit and workforce planning
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What has to be agreed before work on entrepreneurial mindset starts
- Compare intended and actual outcomes of entrepreneurial mindset honestly.
- Set out the decisions in entrepreneurial mindset that require sign-off and by whom.
- Close out actions on entrepreneurial mindset rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
- Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in entrepreneurial mindset.
Session 2Reading the current state of entrepreneurial mindset honestly
- Define acceptance criteria for entrepreneurial mindset in advance.
- Set the review interval for entrepreneurial mindset and who attends.
- Document the reasoning for every exception granted under entrepreneurial mindset.
- Review entrepreneurial mindset for unintended equity effects across groups.
Choose the package that suits you
Silver Package
At least 3 people
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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