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3 Categories

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Behavioral

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Entrepreneurial Competencies

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An entrepreneur is a person who sets up a business and takes on financial risks in the hope of profit. We developed the Talent Transformation Entrepreneurial Competencies quiz to help you discover the competencies required to be an entrepreneur and help you develop them. The quiz measured some thinking patterns (cognitive), behaviors, and skills needed to be an entrepreneur:
 

1. Cognitive: Competencies related to thinking and problem-solving.  

2. Behavioral: Competencies related to personality and behavior. 

3. Skills: Expertise required to do specific tasks by applying existing knowledge and competencies.

The graph below indicates the three categories of competencies the Entrepreneurial Competencies quiz measured.

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Cognitive

This category groups together the competencies related to thinking and problem-solving.

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Spotting Opportunities

The ability to see potential opportunities in novel ideas.

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Your responses indicate that you welcome new ideas but cannot always recognize the idea or develop the plan for it.

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Understanding others

Other people might be more or less adept at spotting opportunities than you are. Therefore, understanding other individuals' levels of competence will help you better understand your competence and how to work with others effectively.

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  • Individuals with a high ability to spot opportunities can recognize how to turn an idea into a business opportunity. They can create a business strategy and a plan for an idea they come across.

  • Individuals with an average ability to spot opportunities welcome new ideas but cannot always recognize the idea or develop the plan for it.

  • Individuals with a low ability to spot opportunities welcome new ideas and appreciate them. They would want to implement those ideas but may not be able or willing to plan for that.

Creativity

The ability to think differently and out of the box or improvise on an idea to make it lucrative.

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Your responses indicate that, at times, you can be creative, but not always can you think of a novel and unique idea for a business.

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Understanding others

Other people might be more or less creative than you are. Understanding other individuals' levels of competence will help you better understand your competence and how to work with others effectively

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  • Individuals who are very creative can produce novel ideas and thoughts for a business. They can also improve on an innovative idea to turn it into a business opportunity.

  • Averagely creative individuals can be creative, but not always can they think of a novel and unique idea for a business.

  • Individuals that are low on creativity may not be able to think out of the box. Novel and creative ideas may not be their area of strength. However, they could probably implement an already existing idea, well.

Envisioning

Being able to envision personal and business aims and foresee how to progress the idea.

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Your responses indicate that you can sometimes but not always visualize the end goal. You may lean toward the details in the here and now.

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Understanding others

Other people might be more or less adept at envisioning than you are. Understanding other individuals' levels of competence will help you better understand your competence and how to work with others effectively.

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  • Individuals with high levels of the envisioning competency can visualize the end goal and predict how the idea would take shape in the future. This ability helps them develop strategies and plans and allocate the resources required to reach their goal.

  • Individuals with an average level of the envisioning competency can sometimes but not always visualize the end goal. They may lean toward the details in the here and now.

  • Individuals with a low level of the envisioning competency lean toward understanding the details and perfecting them rather than looking at the overarching goal. Instead, they could try to look at the bigger picture for a better, clearer idea of the goal..

Value Ideas

The ability to think through various ideas to propose a solution or novel thought, evaluate those ideas, and select the best

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Your responses indicate that you can sometimes evaluate multiple ideas to reach a solution. However, you may not always be able to do so because it can sometimes get overwhelming.

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Understanding others

Other people might be more or less adept at valuing ideas than you are. Understanding other individuals' levels of competence will help you better understand your competence and how to work with others effectively.

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  • Individuals with a high level of the valuing ideas competency can evaluate multiple ideas to reach a solution. In addition, they enjoy evaluating ideas to check their feasibility. This competency will help them choose the right idea to pursue.

  • Individuals with a medium level of the valuing ideas competency can sometimes evaluate multiple ideas to reach a solution. However, they may not always be able to do so because it can sometimes get overwhelming.

  • Individuals with a low level of the valuing ideas competency tend to become overwhelmed with multiple new ideas and prefer to work with those they have worked with before. This tendency can hinder their perspective when evaluating a great idea as a solution or for business.

Ethical and Sustainable Thinking

The ability to evaluate the sustainability and ethics of ideas and take these into account when making decisions and taking action.

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Your responses indicate that you are sometimes aware of an idea's ethical dimensions and long-term sustainability. However, you do not always think about these issues.

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Understanding others

Other people might be more or less adept at ethical and sustainable thinking than you are. Understanding other individuals' levels of competence will help you better understand your competence and how to work with others effectively.

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  • Individuals with elevated levels of ethical and sustainable thinking thoroughly check its feasibility. They think through the life cycle of the product, service, or idea to evaluate its sustainability. They are also conscious of the ethical issues related to the idea and the potential need to assess them.

  • Individuals with average levels of ethical and sustainable thinking are sometimes aware of an idea's ethical dimensions and long-term sustainability. However, they do not always think about these issues

  • Individuals with low levels of ethical and sustainable thinking are enthusiastic about implementing an idea without worrying about the ethics involved or the idea's sustainability. This approach can be detrimental to the project or venture as sustainability and ethics are vital factors to consider.

Behavioral

Behavioral competencies are those related to personality and behavior.

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Self-Efficacy

The confidence in oneself to achieve goals

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Your responses indicate that you often but not always believe in your capabilities. Sometimes you give up when the going gets tough.

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