A Method for Training CEOs of Small, Growing Entrepreneurial Organizations

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The unique characteristics of a small enterprise entrepreneurial CEO is the subject of Atilio A. Penna’s article “A Method for Training CEOs of Small, Growing Entrepreneurial Organizations.” Penna has consulted for many years with small entrepreneurial organizations in Argentina. He describes in his article how adding levels of work and human capability concepts to his systematic approach improves diagnosis of root causes of issues, design of his interventions, and finally the overall effectiveness of his support to entrepreneurial CEOs attempting to grow their small organizations from stratum II to stratum III. Penna also maintains that requisite concepts are more complicated in the entrepreneurial organizations since the CEO often occupies several roles simultaneously—chair of the board, CEO, and operative employee. In addition, the growth of the organization requires that the entrepreneurial CEO operate at progressively higher levels of complexity (often the limiting factor of first-generation entrepreneurs), and Penna proposes a process to assist in that development.
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Atilio Penna and Associates (Consulting in Organization & Human Resources)

Atilio Penna is recognized because of his conceptual and practical contributions 

to the field of small and medium business in Argentina. Those contributions, which 

include “the Organizational transition Theory,” have been published in the US, Uk, 

and South Africa, and are being used by professionals in Latin America. 

He has a 30-year trajectory as coach of entrepreneurs, giving them support to 

achieve a sustainable growth for their companies. Dr. Penna focuses his work on the 

development of entrepreneurs’ capabilities, improvement of their business struc-

tures, and building new tools and instruments that allow them to manage their or-

ganizations in a more efficient way. 

This long and solid experience has added to his work as teacher and researcher 

making Dr Penna a well-known expert in the field of small growing business

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