Presentation made by Scottish Enterprise at the EDAS Discussion group on Leadership, Ambition & Entrepreneurialism

1. Empowering Ambition and Leadership Excellence

2. Leadership Campaign

3. FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
People
A shared vision for Scotland is To help people from all backgrounds and at all ages and
stages of life
“a country characterised by
its strong ambition, Organisation
To help foster an embedded culture of ambition and
entrepreneurial spirit and
leadership and build their leadership capacity
excellent leadership in all
sectors of society”
Investment and responsiveness
To encourage investment in high quality leadership
development and ensure that provision is responsive and
Vision relevant to needs
•Society values excellent
leadership
•Ambitious leaders are Purpose Target include:
•Productivity
entrepreneurial •Economic Growth
•Organisations have a culture •Sustainability
of leadership
•Excellent leadership

4. Leadership for Growth

5. KEY FACTS
• Only 21% of individuals thought • The more Management and
their manager was highly effective Leadership Development
undertaken by individuals, the
more confident and skilled they feel
• 69% of business leaders say that it is to progress their career
important to have a mentor
• Only 47% of all managers say they
• 65% of people said that coaching by have current opportunities to use
their line manager improved the the skills and knowledge they have
quality of their work and 52% said gained
mentoring schemes help them to
become more motivated and
energised • Leadership has a clear relationship
to employee satisfaction, employee
performance and employee
motivation

6. If you want to find out more about what Scottish Enterprise are doing :
• http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/ks/knowledge-series/leadership.aspx
Get in touch 0845 607 8787
• If you want to find out more about the framework for action:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/920/0118111.doc
• EDAS Summit – 20th June 2012, Edinburgh City Chambers
• Discussion points from today will be available, along with this presentation
on EDAS website www.edas.org.uk