Being entrepreneurial is all about creating and taking advantage of opportunities to make more money and wannabe tycoons stuck in the workplace can still use their skills to get ahead in the game.
Let’s face it, there are few better ways to please your boss than finding new ways to make or save extra money for the company and there are plenty of rewards for entrepreneurial employees who constantly help boost the bottom line, including:
- Bonuses – Some businesses recognise the contribution of entrepreneurial employees by rewarding them with bonuses for ideas that create or save money.
- Promotion - Increased responsibility generally comes with increased salary and the opportunity to create and take advantage of other money-making initiatives
In the longer-term, entrepreneurial employees are more likely to develop the knowledge, skills, contacts and income needed to start and build their own successful businesses.
Five Ways to Become a More Entrepreneurial Employee
- 1 – Get your ship in shape – Start looking around your area of the business to try and identify changes that might save the organisation money or provide new avenues of business.
- 2 – Get talking to people – Make a conscious effort to leave your desk and start talking to people around the company. Not only will developing good, friendly relationships with your colleagues help you to get things done, but you are more likely to discover opportunities to change the business and improve the bottom line.
- 3 – Employ a JDI (just do it) mindset – All to often opportunities are missed because people procrastinate, get caught up in needless bureaucracy or are just so perfectionist that they run out of time and motivation to get the job done. If there is an opportunity, just make it happen.
- 4 – Take advantage of training opportunities – Being an entrepreneurial employee is not just about opportunities to improve the business you work for, but also personal development. Maximise any training budget allocated to you and if none exists, create the opportunity by giving your boss a business case explaining why sending you on the training course will benefit the company.
- 5 – Raise your profile – To be considered for promotion and other opportunities within the business, you need to get yourself on the radar of the management team. This is especially important in larger companies, where the best people are often overlooked, because they have failed to stand out from the crowd.
