Leading with Vision: Entrepreneurial Strategies for Women in Internal Audit
A Leader is the one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. Leaders don’t force people to follow, they invite them on a journey.
A visionary leader helps the people to see how their work fits into the big picture, lending people a clear sense not just what they do matters, but also why. This “Why” is very important for any person for develop an entrepreneurial mind set.
You need to fully believe in yourself and your capabilities for other to believe in you. You are the sum of what you believe. Your capabilities are limitless when you allow yourself to be so.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Entrepreneurial strategies include bucking the conventional wisdom and exploiting your competitor’s weakness and make it your strength.
Women are the core strength of our ecosystem as a whole. When it comes to women in internal audit with entrepreneurship mindset, then every action is a performance.
Internal auditor needs to accept challenges at every sphere.If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes and then learn how to do it later.
One has to lead by Example. Great leaders don’t just tell you what to do. They show you how it’s done.The greatest leader is not necessarily the ones who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
Another most important Entrepreneurial strategy of a visionary women leader is putting the Right man for right job.A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.
Confidence is key to success. Gone are those days when only hard work used to be the key to success. Now, smart work along with confidence to present the work is equal important. When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.
Entrepreneurial strategies should be such that one is living few years of his life like most people won’t, so that he can spend the rest of life like most people can’t.
One has to be an opportunist. Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself. Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
Accept failure as an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. The biggest risk is not taking any risk. Change is the only constant. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. Take stands, take risks, take responsibility.
Last but not the least, attitude is more important than intelligence. If you can’t handle stress, you can’t manage success. You don’t have to be great to start but you have to start to be great.
To conclude, 3D’s of success are Discipline, Dedication and Determination. Hope this success mantra lead u way ahead.
Details of the Writer:
– CA. Pooja Bansal
FCA, CIA, DISA, CCA, CFM, B.Com(H)
IIA India – Delhi Branch