If you are a frustrated Intrapreneur or corporate entrepreneur the reason may be that your organization is not entrepreneurial.
Intrapreneurs are either highly engaged or disenchanted. There is nothing in between. They are engaged if they are working on strategic opportunities to grow the business. They are disenchanted when the organization does not provide room for entrepreneurship.
In the article, The Talent Paradox, the authors say that only one-third of employees are likely to stay in their current job when the economy turns around. Chances are the best and brightest employees already have one foot out the door. The same is true for corporate entrepreneurs.
It is natural for corporate entrepreneurs to feel like they don’t fit but it is another thing to realize that the organization doesn’t want to be entrepreneurial or doesn’t know how to become entrepreneurial.
There are three things that need to be in place for corporate entrepreneurship to flourish inside of an organization. They are simple, yet complex.
