Identifying the Characteristics Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Case: Coventry Cathedral
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
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Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Section 1
Coventry cathedral is the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. It has been a place of worship for the past over 1000 years with several subsidiaries spread across the country. Besides serving as a center of worship, the cathedral also runs a variety of services including schools, tourism, different kinds of events, fund-raising, property maintenance, and building planning. The organization has 42 cathedrals in its English territory, all of which operate on a similar structure. Management of the events that are not directly related to the church requires a great level of organization and entrepreneurial skills. An interview with Isabel Merrifield, the Business Manager at the institution helps reveal some of the entrepreneurial strategies that the institution’s management uses to sustain its operations.
Entrepreneurship Leadership Characteristics
Entrepreneurial leadership entails organizing and motivating a group of people towards achieving a common objective. The people can be encouraged to be more innovative, risk takers, taking advantage of the available opportunities, and managing the dynamic organizational environment. The Coventry Cathedral is a small organization compared to the others, such as the York Minster, Westminster Abbey, and St Paul’s. Despite its small size, its presence is felt across the world as many people have heard about the history of the Coventry Cathedral. As the Business Manager notes, the company has had a lot of international platform to share its ideals with the rest of the world. This significant presence despite its size is based on its excellent communication system as a defining feature of entrepreneurial leadership (Joshi, 2014). The leadership of the organization is able to clearly articulate their ideas and plan to achieve a common goal. The leaders encourage interdepartmental communication as well as communication across all levels. In the case of Coventry Cathedral, the Business Manager notes that they have a WhatsApp group where all members from the organization’s 42 branches converge.
Another defining characteristic of entrepreneurial leadership is that it is supportive. An entrepreneurial leader appreciates the significance of innovativeness and go to all lengths to offer the necessary support that the team needs to achieve their goals (Li, Makhdoom, & Asim, 2020). Under such leadership, the leader allows the employees to take responsibilities and risks without facing any repercussions. This type of support is evident in the Coventry Cathedral when Isabel says that she technically runs the cathedral as she has the relevant expertise. Her seniors, who include the dean, who is in charge of the cathedral have given her all the powers to make major decisions. The dean does not react even when he hears her say that she is in charge of the cathedral. When employees are allowed to exercise their powers within an organization, they own it and are ready to also go an extra mile to achieve the goals of the entity. In such organizations, lead...