ADAPTIVE CHALLENGES AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

How is the relationship with our entrepreneurs?

We can relate to our entrepreneurs from the surface of the visible and the explicit.

In this case we will be facing what we call technical challenges, the characteristics of which are described below:

Technical challenges for entrepreneurs:

• Easier to solve and to identify.
• People open to technical solutions.
• Quick solutions to implement (order).
• It can often be solved by an expert.
• It requires a single aspect change and is often related to content within organisational boundaries.

However, at the bottom of the iceberg is the implicit, the veiled. However, it can also be observed and perceived or heard by the mentor.

This part is often unconscious for the entrepreneur, and sometimes also for the mentor if he or she does not apply a strong level of listening.

Almost all the challenges worked on at this level are the so-called adaptive challenges of the entrepreneur.

What are these challenges like?

Adaptive challenge:

• Difficult to identify (easy to deny).
• It requires changes in values, beliefs, roles, relationships, approaches to work.
• The people with the problem are the ones in charge of solving it.
• They require change in many cross-cutting aspects within the organisation (also from outside).
• People often resist despite recognising adaptive challenges.
• Solutions require small experiments, and new discoveries. They may take a long time to implement and cannot be mandated.

This is where a coach competence called articulation comes in.

The coach can influence The implicit is intentionally implicit.

In the process of continually redesigning the relationship, the mentor must move from the implicit to the explicit by competence to articulate. Making explicit generates encounters.

Both levels, implicit and explicit, are present in the relationship. To the extent that we move from the implicit to the explicit, we are generating an encounter and provoking important insights in the entrepreneur.

That is why it is important to note both.

Emilio Moraleda in his book The challenges of today's manager. Essential behaviours, competencies and values of the 21st century professional. describes the challenges of the 21st century executive and mentions among others these:

• Responding to a constantly changing environment.
• Multiple partners: superiors, team, colleagues...
• Structure and culture of your organisation.
• Need to achieve objectives and deliver results.
• Managing engagement in adversarial environments.
• Balance between personal and professional life.
• Multiple professional alternatives.

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