by Susan Foley | Jun 26, 2018 | Change, Competencies, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Entrepreneurs, Experiential, Independent Thinking, Innovation, Integrative Thinkers, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Risk, Success, Uncertainty
My grandfather was an apple and cherry farmer in upstate New York. After high school he went to work with one of the prominent apple farmers in the area to learn about the business. He was an apprentice, a student, an intrapreneur whose practical ideas were used to...
by Susan Foley | May 15, 2018 | Change, Commitment, Competencies, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Leadership, Self-awareness, Success, Talent
Intrapreneurs proactively take steps to learn, grow and change themselves to be better, do better and help others be their best. They are open to exploring who they are and what they are capable of becoming. In doing so they are unraveling the mystery of who they...
by Susan Foley | Apr 17, 2018 | Business Growth, CEO, Economy, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Free Agents, Freelancers, Intrapreneurs, Leadership, Stakeholders, Strategic, Talent
According to KPMGs 2018 report on CEOs there is renewed confidence in growth in the global economy. “A majority of US CEOs see 2018 revenue growth as locked in; they are very confident. The EURO zone recovery is now stronger and broader. China is an economic force,...
by Susan Foley | Mar 13, 2018 | Business Growth, Competencies, Competitive, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, millennial, Risk, Talent
Innovation and growth are the critical factors behind the interest in Intrapreneurship. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you can’t have either without the right talent. Finding the right talent to achieve innovation and growth is what is proving to be...
by Susan Foley | Feb 12, 2018 | Change, Competencies, Disruptive, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Risk, Strategic, Talent, Team
In a recently published book titled Beyond the Champion: Institutionalizing Innovation Through People the authors spent four years researching disruptive innovation in large organizations. What they found is good news and bad news for Intrapreneurs and for those...
by Susan Foley | Jan 16, 2018 | Change, Competencies, Competitive, Innovative, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, Success, Talent, Value
In 2017 readers were looking to dig deeper into the nuances of intrapreneurs and leaders. Not only looking for insight into what they do, but how they do it and why it is important. The selection of articles also reflect a growing interest from Intrapreneurs...
by Susan Foley | Nov 28, 2017 | Competitive, Customers, Economy, Entrepreneurial, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Risk, Talent, Work
A report by the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) showed that there is a high degree of anxiety among senior executives about their ability to keep up with a business climate of increasing uncertainty and rapid change. These executives...
by Susan Foley | Oct 10, 2017 | Integrative Thinkers, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Risk, Self-awareness, Talent, Work
Most people know Robert Frost’s poem, The Road Not Taken, yet few realize the significance of his words or its true meaning. In the final stanza the poem says, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”...
by Susan Foley | Sep 14, 2017 | CEO, Change, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, Talent
In most organizations new business growth is a critical imperative. Yet, most CEOs don’t feel like they have the capabilities inside their organization to achieve their growth agenda. They are probably right. Despite the desire for growth thru innovation – it...
by Susan Foley | Aug 17, 2017 | Alignment, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Social Intrapreneurs
Intrapreneurs are ordinary individuals that do extraordinary things. Many of the individuals that have become successful intrapreneurs never set out to be one. They never thought of themselves as an intrapreneur until they became aware of the term itself –...
by Susan Foley | Jul 25, 2017 | Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Success
Ten years ago I set out to understand who corporate entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs were, how they were different and why it was important. At the time there was no empirical data that adequately described who these individuals were. There was no consensus in the...
by Susan Foley | Jul 20, 2017 | Alignment, Change, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs
After years of working with corporate entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs and entrepreneurial leaders it has become very clear that these individuals have a key differentiation. They are in alignment with who they are not what the organization wants them to be. By being true...
