“The entrepreneurial Heffalump is a variegated sort of animal, which appears in different habitats and in different forms. It also appears to have undergone some evolutionary changes or mutations since the first reports of its existence were made public by Heffalump hunters in the past. So it is not surprising that there is disagreement about the nature of the beast” (Wilken, 1979).

Are entrepreneurs energisers?

Energisers are innovative, gregarious, creative, and agreeable. They seek to influence their environment through their ability to enthuse others.

Steve Ballmer clearly likes to enthuse others. He may be an example of extreme behaviour, but he does get the crowd going.

Do entrepreneurs have to be like Steve Ballmer?

No!

Indeed entrepreneurs may favour any of the 4 behavioural modes. However in order to be successful it is likely that they will do one of 2 things:

• Work with other people who engage comfortably in the energiser mode
• Develop their energiser mode, so that they are mode comfortable using it

(Energising mode is based on NF Intuitive Feeling (Myers Briggs), Influence (Disc), and Sunshine Yellow (Insights))