The eFactor is a competency model developed by Professor David Gibson OBE in 2005 to enable anyone to adapt, be innovative and make things happen no matter what their background or challenges.

Professor David Gibson with many years of business experience was appointed by Queens University in 2003 to make all graduates no matter what their background capable of creating ideas and making things happen in whatever career path they undertook. He based his model on twenty years as an accountant advising chief executives and business owners to develop their skills to be more successful. He had tremendous success in doing this and noticed there were 8 skills that everyone needed to be more successful in making projects happen.

He worked with a successful Occupational Psychologist to create a rigorous questionnaire that will allow anyone to self assess their skills and weaknesses and draw up a plan to develop their projects and skills level.

The 8 key areas / competencies include:

• Creativity
• Resilience and Personal Mastery
• Assertion and Negotiation
• Personal Marketing
• Finance
• Personal Influence
• Leadership and Team Building
• Planning your Outcome

This was then taught to over 30,000 students of all disciplines with results measured over ten years.

Over 90% had maintained their eFactor skills and demonstrated great success within their own career path.

It has become a chosen model of learning throughout the world to help entrepreneurs executives and community managers to achieve their goals and make projects happen in the global economy, which was changed for ever by technology. It has been used in over 30 countries and been used to train over 2000 Chinese executives, entrepreneurs and over 3000 trainers/educators to be more successful and winning numerous awards for its impact.

Key features of the program include the opportunity for students to learn the skills, reflect and make changes to their approach and to achieve their goals. It is a complete learning system and the most successful entrepreneurial competence model in the world.

Once you undertake the digital program you become part of a worldwide community who all help each other and are all lifelong learners.

The program is NOW digital with podcasts, written learning materials and the chance to seek continuous advice from Prof David Gibson OBE and his team.

You will be asked to work on your projects and practice your skills, keep a journal as you apply the eFactor to the project of your choice and learn through doing. You can also work with the eFactor in your community to affect change throughout the world.

It is a digital program over 8 months and you will then be certified to practice and have opportunities to work further with the model.

It’s a practical exciting course, delivered in a way that suits you and will help you achieve your goals.

Sign up for the course today and receive access to the eFactor Learning Program, questionnaires, podcasts for each competency, projects and work with the founder to achieve your goals.

Welcome to my world. The world of the Entrepreneur. I spend most of my waking time lecturing, researching and advising Entrepreneurs. Heck, I may even be an Entrepreneur myself, as I have started and run all sorts of businesses, full and part time, though, admittedly, with a mixed degree of success. What I love doing most of all is learning how anyone performs to their best ability, and passing these lessons on.

Everywhere you go nowadays you are encouraged to be "more enterprising or more innovative". Every billboard screams at you to "go for it!". For what?

The basic message seems to be that we all should become Entrepreneurs, start businesses and live happily ever after. Some of you will want to start your own business; and some of you should never be allowed near a business.  Others will have no desire to go into business, but want to make a difference to their local community or to help their family or friends to achieve their potential.

I believe that anyone can benefit from learning the skills or competencies that make a good Entrepreneur.  Good Entrepreneurs spend their working life dealing with change, spotting opportunities and making things happen.  I don't know whether any of you work in the voluntary sector or in a company, but you will notice that change is the name of the game.  Technology, world events and other factors combine to move the pace of change onwards at an ever increasing rate.

An Entrepreneur can cope with this, because they see change as an opportunity to innovate to survive and grow.  We all need to adopt this mindset, whatever our ambitions or interests in life. For those of you already working as an Entrepreneur, you will know that most training or books focus on giving you useful knowledge about Business and leaving you to it.  My contention is that you need to develop your "efactor", that is work on key traits/habits which give you the best possible chance of dealing with change and being the best you can be.

I feel I have discovered a core set of competencies which most Entrepreneurs have or need to perform to their potential.  Of course, there are exceptions.  Sometimes you get someone who does almost everything wrong but, because of a strong competitive advantage in the marketplace or some other key variable, they manage to make significant profits, at least in the short term.

I have two points I would like to make regarding this. Firstly, improvement in their 'eFactor Competencies' would be more likely to sustain rather than threaten any success they have had to date. Secondly, my definition of Entrepreneur is not restricted to  someone who has made several million and has a Bentley, but rather anyone who identifies a need/opportunity, and takes action to make that project happen, whether for profit or not. I believe that anyone could benefit by improving their "eFactor".  It is the key to personal excellence, an outcome we should all aim for to improve the quality of our own and the lives around us.

Sign Up Now, read this book but, more importantly, practice using the ideas in your everyday life. As a friend once said to me, "use it, don't just read about it, otherwise, what's the point?"

I would love to tell you that the 'eFactor' will change your life but my street wisdom dictates that I tell you the truth. Access the course, practice the ideas in real life, bounce back when they don't always work the first time you try them, keep learning and practising, and then you will succeed!

Go for it!!  And have the good luck all Entrepreneurs create!!!

Regards
David Gibson

1. Access to the eFactor Digital Learning Materials, including all the 8 Competencies
   
   
2. Podcasts and Support Videos
   
   
3. Weekly Learning Materials via our Life Long Learning Program
   
   
4. Annual eFactor Online Conference

The eFactor Learning Program will teach you the 8 crucial soft skills, competencies and mindset of the Entrepreneur. And will enable you to achieve your business, career and/or personal goals.

You will be able to cope with change and create opportunities for you and your team. The course is designed to give you a practical understanding of all 8 eFactor competencies created by Professor David Gibson OBE and applied in a variety of settings in business, education and community projects.

• You will LEARN to be creative and solve challenging problems for you and your business.
  
  
• You will LEARN to become resilient and a lifelong learner no matter what challenges your project faces. You will achieve sales and marketing skills.
  
  
• You will LEARN to inspire others and both lead and be a team player whenever it is appropriate.
  
  
• You will LEARN to manage your finances and your financial success.
  
  
• You will LEARN to build your profile for yourself and/or your chosen business.
  
  
• You will LEARN to have a strategic plan which you will work towards through taking action, learning and adapting.
  
  
• You will LEARN to negotiate fair but favourable deals to achieve your goals and make projects happen.
  
  
• You will LEARN to use a mix of the eFactor competencies to achieve your goals and help others do the same.
  
  
• You will LEARN not only the eFactor skills but a method of learning which will ensure your success but ready to adapt and use creativity to solve challenges.
  
  
• You will LEARN to continue to work on your own and your teams personal development to be flexible and deal with the challenges of the Global economy.
  
  
• You will LEARN to develop profound knowledge which you can use and support your staff, friend, colleagues and collaborators to do the same.
  

Your strategic commitment to personal growth will ensure you continue to contribute to local regional and international success