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The Impact of an Entrepreneurship Program on Employability Outcomes. Dr. Colin Pillay Dr. R. D. Sharma Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina 2014 IACBE Annual Conference San Diego, CA. Decision Making. Systematic Approaches to Decision Making Rational Thinking
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The Impact of an Entrepreneurship Program on Employability Outcomes Dr. Colin Pillay Dr. R. D. Sharma Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina 2014 IACBE Annual Conference San Diego, CA
Decision Making • Systematic Approaches to Decision Making • Rational Thinking • Non Rational Thinking • Non-Systematic Approaches to Decision Making • Instinct • intuition • Talent • Luck
Leadership: Passion • Winning at business requires that you exhaust every ounce of spiritual emotional and physical energy you have • Steve Jobs: “Don’t waste your time living someone else’s life” • The true self • Wisdom literature
Leadership : Excellence • GPA • Interviewing • Competition • Immersion & Hard Work • Presentation
Leadership : Mindset • Entrepreneurs cannot fail • Risk is relative • Due diligence precedes faith
Creative Thinking • Know Everything • Apply #1 in every situation • Be Brilliant while doing it (The Experiential Classroom, Tulsa OK )
Creative Thinking Using the right brain • Knowledge accumulation • Direct and indirect knowledge • The Incubation phase • The Eureka moment • Implementation
The Go Getter Approach • Initiate action • Murphy’s law • 100% Responsibility • Contingency Planning • Creative Thinking
Systems Thinking • Interconnectedness of the Functional areas of Business • Holistic Thinking • Career/Business • Financial • Spiritual • Physical • Intellectual • Family • Social • Emotional