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Overview

Ever wonder what makes one idea worth a million or more, when similar ideas never seem to get to first base?

Is it the idea that is special? Or, the one or more persons who develop the idea, explore potential opportunities and then work to create a successful product, service, or program?

To learn more about such successes – and how such ideas can help you in your everyday life – plan to attend "Entrepreneurial Leadership: Seize the Opportunity!” The 2008 K-State Leadership Seminar is scheduled for April 3 in the K-State Student Union in Manhattan, Kansas.

Why entrepreneurial leadership? And, how can learning about business strategies help me?

Entrepreneurial leadership is not limited to business. The leadership concept has emerged in a key role and as a characteristic of tomorrow’s leaders. For example, leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset work to promote change and innovation by expanding their existing resources, seeking out and capturing opportunities, and taking risks.

Entrepreneurial leaders are highly motivated and goal-oriented, able to focus on problem solving, and are future-oriented in working toward achieving their vision.

Although entrepreneurs traditionally leave existing organizations to promote their ideas, many people function as “intrapreneurs” to employ entrepreneurial thinking within their organizations or communities to initiate and implement new ideas.

Join us for a thought-provoking and practical seminar that will explore how leaders at all levels and in any organization or community can make a difference in promoting change and innovation. Learn more about the skills, abilities, and behaviors that will help you develop an entrepreneurial mindset to add value to your organization, your personal and professional life, and your community.

Seminar Planning Committee

The K-State Leadership Seminar is planned by a volunteer committee and supported by various Kansas State University Colleges and Departments and community partners such as the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Please help us thank our sponsors, whose contributions help to make this professional development opportunity available at a reasonable price.

The Provost’s Lecture is sponsored by the Provost’s Office, Kansas State University.