The trend toward equalization of working conditions between men and women should not be limited to paid work. One of the objectives of the Lisbon Agenda is to reach next year the female employment rate of 60%, but the European Commission is aware that an employee is not the only means of employment integration, and is therefore promoting women’s participation in entrepreneurship. The last step in this area has been the launch of the “network of Ambassadors of Female Entrepreneurship, whose mission is to share with other women first-hand experience in enterprise projects.
The launch, held in Stockholm, attended by 150 ambassadors chosen from throughout Europe. The network image arises from that in Sweden, the country holds the EU presidency until January 1, given over from Spain. Nordic government has designated some 800 ambassadors to encourage other women to make the leap. As in many other matters, the European Statistics Sweden commands respect: women led 32% of new projects last year, and the goal is to reach 40% in 2010. We speak, of course in a country where a quarter of companies are run by women, a level unthinkable to the South.
According to the Commission, the launch of the network represents an opportunity for mutual inspiration between the various ambassadors. At the opening session, several of the entrepreneurs presented their business the rest are already a reality: from a home-based distributor of raw foods to a unit that acts as personal secretary for various clients.
Carin Holmquist, professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, notes that in the entire European Union, 5% of women are entrepreneurs, a percentage that has increased by half a point since 1990. Their motivations, Holmquist says, are finding freedom and fulfillment, and the possibility of reconciling work and family life.
The traditional role that society assigns to women, focusing on family care, is a barrier to their access to the labor market. To balance family responsibilities with employment requires flexible hours, and the creation of companies is, according to the Swedish Presidency, an opportunity in this regard.
Sectoral diversity by sex
One thing to note is that entrepreneurs tend to seek opportunities in sectors that have previously worked, and these are employed in varying degrees by men and women. Thus, these dominate the trade and non-market services such as education or health, while male employment focuses on the industry or financial services. Jöran Hägglund, Minister of State for Energy and the Swedish company, explains that this distribution makes the women’s entrepreneurial action, because his job focuses on “activities not open to entrepreneurship.”
The challenge, then, are many (including difficult access to finance), but they begin to lay foundation. The presentation of the Network of Ambassadors was closed with a gala dinner at the impressive City Hall of Stockholm, place of delivery of the Nobel Prizes. A symbol, perhaps, the pursuit of excellence pursued by the Lisbon Agenda.
It is essential to address when we speak of organizational development, entrepreneurship. Indeed, we tend to confuse or find texts that speak equally of “Entrepreneurship” and “entrepreneurship.”
As shown in the article, could be considered the first as a broader term, perhaps oriented business vision, and the second a number of specific qualities of those who understand that ideas can become viable business models, making it his personal project and labor.
Entrepreneurship is inherently a set of skills, as might be the ability deliderazgo, risk aversion, motivation superlative, the analysis capacity problems in search of opportunity, tolerance of failure, etc.., Which probably resides today These days the importance of promoting the adquisiciónde these skills, by those who tomorrow will face decisions endisposición of the fact cuentapropia or do work for others, indeed, those who perhaps should entenderque development of these skills or can llevarsea implementation proceeded smoothly, provided that the culture of the organization in our professional lives quedesarrollemos assume it, “chipped in structures do not have to own and to that aspect (the intrapreneurial) I dedicate a few lines at the end of the article.
I want to do some reflection theFallas importance in promoting entrepreneurship can be luchacontra stigma of failure, while in countries like the United States made several times dehaber started from scratch an entrepreneurial venture is a aspectomuy valued by those who may be willing to invest in the project, since it is understood that the previous administration is a wealth of experience quedifícilmente may transmit the most prestigious business schools oinstituciones-training in Spain, for example, is still pending unaasignatura mainly financial institutions and elsistema governing the grant or funding support for these people.
Projects designed to work unmundo of second chances “to which some international institutions like the Development BancoIberoamericano are already facing higher value-aquellosque would bet their heritage by carrying out a project, sometimes inclusoalgunas against the closest.
According to statistics from various reports and studies, it is rare that the youth of our schools and our centers’ training for employment (vocational schools, universities, etc..) Think in a majority of this possibility delemprendimiento as the ideal career opportunity personal fulfillment at work. The stability, security, salary, type of contract … are often the concerns they face when the time is coming decomenzar his career work.
The inclusion in currículosde Secondary Education / High School and Vocational Training (in the first case models using free elective subjects for students vary, depending on the Autonomous Regions, and the second one through the study of cross laasignatura Initiative Entrepreneur “) are two good GETTINGSTARTED towards the development and exhibition of new possibilities for instructional levels at the end of his academic life, although there is still much greater slope unacercamiento business world to these groups, conidea to show success stories like a reality and the cases of tropiezocomo a path to success on successive occasions.
I wanted to consciously avoid the word failure because I think it should apply only to those who lose lailusión, and not those who have run the wrong way your aventuraempresarial, recursively, in addition, they lack training in subjects specific ohabilidades, and of course, still do not know an entrepreneur / a quecarezca any illusion for use in body and soul into his project to develop entrepreneurship.
Now, speaking of intrapreneurs, should be equally important in managing teams focused on common objectives ypersonas (departments or business areas and entities deempresas) promoting the acquisition and development of habilidadesemprendedoras in team members. A team capable of facing nuevosretos, manage and be able to find innovative solutions to analyze problems from a positive perspective and guidance to the búsquedade new opportunities to work with laconfección multidisciplinary vision of the equipment itself, to develop their project sintoníacon staff in the common goal of the organization … will be a team with a very high level decompetitividad.
Work thus far know about our chances, heading for entrepreneurial development, understanding and political talconcepto medium term and looking for tangible results in time.
What crisis? The word crisis in Chinese has two meanings: “danger” and “opportunity.” The crisis is always a chance of progress or decay. Is a transition period – which was already gone and what is not here yet. It is a situation where current patterns are broken by emerging developments and somewhat unexpected. This causes a disorder that causes damage to many benefits for those few who were able to transform it into opportunity.
In the era of agriculture, which lasted about ten thousand years, power was in the hands of landowners – and that power was for life. In the industrial era, which lasted only 250 years, the power was exercised by those who had the capital. In the past 50 years entered the information age. The payment currency is different and many have not yet realized the fact. Today the person is rich or poor information.
The information, however, has two interesting features:
1 ª) is a highly perishable product. Nobody is interested in reading the newspaper yesterday, although he has not read it yet.
2 ª) only has value when it connects. What is knowledge if it is saved in the bottom of a drawer or in memory of a computer, no one can access it? Therefore, communication is essential for success both personally and professionally.
We live in an era of exponential
By studying the information curve, one can see that we live in an exponential curve. Today knowledge doubles every twenty months, from 2010, will double every eighty days: there is an acceleration in the process of change. This means more frequent transition and crisis. Thus, we must change our paradigms and learn to draw enthusiasm, not stability, but of transformation, not the status quo, but innovation.
Education is what remains after we forget everything we’ve learned. What’s left? Mental models. The ideas are much stronger when appropriate mental models. One of the mental models that we developed for the business world is a tripod: You, your employer or if the owner has and the market where it operates.
Business success is always preceded by personal success. Lucid is a science that can be learned and practiced.