ENTREPRENEURS TRAITS : PROACTIVE

1.    PROACTIVE 

Bateman and Grant (1993) discussed the proactive component of organizational behavior and introduced a measure of the "proactive personality." This measure of a personal disposition toward proactive behavior is intended to identify differences among people in the extent to which they take action to influence their environments. Bateman and Grant defined the prototypic “proactive personality" as one who is relatively unconstrained by situational forces and who effects environmental change. Proactive personalities identify opportunities and act on them; they show initiative, take action, and persevere until they bring about meaningful change.

For example :

John Schnatter is the founder of Papa John’s Pizza

The Papa John's pizza business was founded in 1983. He then sold his 1971 Z28 Camaro to purchase $1,600 used pizza equipment and began selling pizzas to the tavern's customers out of the converted closet. His pizzas has been so popular that one year later he was able to move into a wider space. In 2009, Schnatter got the Camaro back by contacting the family that he sold the car to in 1983.

Today, the company is the third largest take-out and pizza delivery restaurant in the world with headquarters in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, near Louisville.

Named 1998 National Ernst & Young Retail/Consumer Entrepreneur of The Year.