Entrepreneurial Traits : Proactive

                                                

     In organizational behaviourand organizational psychology, proactive behaviour by individuals refers to anticipatory, change-oriented and self-initiated behaviour in situations, particularly in the workplace. Proactive behaviour involves acting in advance of a future situation, rather than just reacting. It means taking control and making things happen rather than just adjusting to a situation or waiting for something to happen. 

    Proactive employees generally do not need to be asked to act, nor do they require detailed instructions. Proactive behaviour can be contrasted with other work-related behaviours, such as proficiency, i.e. the fulfilment of predictable requirements of one’s job, or adaptability, the successful coping with and support of change initiated by others in the organization. In regard to the latter, whereas adaptability is about responding to change while proactively is about initiating change.Proactively is not restricted to behaviours. 

    Employees can be proactive in their prescribed role example by changing the way they perform a core task to be more efficient. Likewise, behaviours labelled as organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) can be carried out proactively or passively. For example, the altruistic OCB can be proactive in nature example offering help to co-workers before they ask for assistance.

  The characteristics of a proactive attitude are not easily offended at what makes something that does not fit, responsible for his own actions and think before acting. Proactive people are actors of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others, focus on the things they cannot change and do not worry about things they cannot change, do not blame circumstances or environmental conditions that if anyone is not in accordance with his wishes and being able to take the right decision, even in a very difficult situation.

      Example peoples who is successful Entrepreneur Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir, Net worth US $ 1.2 Billion (2014).He is very proactive in oil and gas business.There are positive features and many features that help entrepreneurs build their careers.One of the qualities that should be possessed by an individual entrepreneur is curiosity. Curiosity is one of the defence mechanisms of human life.From this sense of man has the tendency to identify previously unknown things this man showed a proactive. Figure entrepreneurs who demonstrate curiosity is very deep Tan Sri MokhzaniMahathir.Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir, 52-year-old Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of SapuraKencana Petroleum on December 9, 2011 as Executive Director and Vice Chairman.

 He is also a member of the Remuneration Committee SapuraKencana Petroleum.Tan Sri Mokhzani already begun to show interest in the petroleum sector since childhood.Passion and interest in this sector is shown when he resumed his studies and successfully completed his degree in Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.Curiosity about the natural petroleum entrepreneurs move this time to get an education in the field of interest.He is very proactive because experience gained throughout his career in the petroleum industry to establish a company to motivate and self-employed.The nature of entrepreneurship is embedded within himself a prominent when he set up an investment company called Kencana Capital SdnBhd which is dealing in the field of Oil and Gas service provider, IT, automotive and property.

The company prospered and curiosity in him to make him feel he needs to make further investigations to develop a business that already has.Some steps have been taken to fulfil his curiosity. Helearns from companies that are in the same flow with it.After completion of the investigation, Tan Sri MokhzaniKencana Petroleum decided his company should make a merger with another company in order to finalize its business.He decided to join the company's Investor Group in 2012 and produce SapuraKencana a company Oil and Gas Service Provider in Malaysia

.In conclusion, curiosity and desire to learn something new is important in bringing an entrepreneur from the bottom of the stairs up to the highest notch and always have a proactive nature.