Tag Archives: Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics
Open Day To Introduce Business Programme For Under-Qualified Managers
Are you an aspiring business leader? Here’s your chance to learn more about bridging educational opportunities at the UCT Graduate School of Business on 26 January. An open day held at the UCT Graduate School of Business’ Executive Hall will introduce the Associate in Management Programme (AIM). The Associate in Management Programme is aimed at [...]
Can Entrepreneurship be taught/learned?
I often get people asking me the question, are entrepreneurs born or made? A silly question really, what if the answer is the former? Are we going to get pregnant mothers to read Richard Branson’s “Screw it, Let’s do it” 9 months-in? In all seriousness though, the truth is that entrepreneurship is both an inherent [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Trustworthiness
Trust comes from being trustworthy. Trustworthiness comes from being consistent. Consistency comes from being authentic. Authenticity comes from being real. What customers are looking for in a business owner is someone who will put them first and keep their interests and wellbeing above their own desire to make money. This is a simple way to [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Courage
It was the Lion who travelled down the yellow brick road in search of courage so he could live up to his reputation as a brave hearted lion. Courage has the lock on its door called fear, only when we have learnt to unlock this can we begin to be and do in the field [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Generosity
The opposite to being generous is being stingy, and no one likes a stingy person. This will lead to 3 ghosts visiting you to persuade you to change your lifestyle. But on the other hand having a generous attitude does not mean giving away stuff to the detriment of your business and your cash flow. [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Empathy
On a scale of 1 to 10 for Empathy, I score a poor 2 at best. So why am I writing about this as a required characteristic for an entrepreneur? It depends on your market sector and how you interact with clients. The old saying “I do not care how much you know, until I [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Focus
Focus is the opposite of blurred, and in my life blurred is never good, especially for entrepreneurs. The loss of focus will always lead to tumble weed existence, back and forth with no progress. Simply put focus for any entrepreneur is a result of three things; finding clarity, removing clutter and building energy. Bruce Wade [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Passion
When we speak of passion all a guy will think of is hot steamy….. well you know. Ok! Focus: stop that movie in your head, here we are talking about the passion for life; the energy that gets us up in the morning with anticipation of a serendipitous adventure ahead. Passion for an entrepreneur is [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Humility
Humility is not a synonym for doormat. It is a character that is possessed by very few, especially in an age where personal marketing and self perception are key marketing techniques used by many entrepreneurs. Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, business owner and entrepreneur, Bruce now runs [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Patience
Patience, long suffering, endurance of pain and discomfort – all words that describe one of the hardest characters of successful entrepreneurs. I always thought that only doctors needed patients to survive in business, I soon came to realise that this was just some sick joke. Ok, enough with the humour. Bruce Wade is a survivor [...]
