by Susan Foley | Feb 3, 2015 | Change Agents, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Leaders, Team
Can you imagine being stranded on a desert island with hundreds of boats sailing by and nobody seeming to notice you? Well, if you have ever been an entrepreneurial leader, you know what it’s like dealing with isolation. It is the loneliest part of the job. It isn’t...
by Susan Foley | Dec 9, 2014 | Business Growth, Change Agents, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Leaders, Success
Entrepreneurial leaders design and build new growth businesses. These leaders are less likely to have a political agenda. They have an organizational agenda that speaks to the need for the organization to move to a new operating model. Entrepreneurial leaders know...
by Susan Foley | Oct 28, 2014 | Change Agents, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Team
Every entrepreneurial initiative eventually hits a wall called the “valley of despair.” This is a point when the project gets bogged down, people are totally stressed, a negative attitude permeates the team, and progress slows to a crawl. Team members will get...
by Susan Foley | Oct 14, 2014 | Business Growth, Change Agents, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Social Intrapreneurs
Although interest in Intrapreneurs seems to rise and fall with the economy the current interest is being fueled by a growing recognition that growth through innovation is a critical imperative for most organizations. The term Intrapreneur was first used in 1978 in an...
by Susan Foley | Aug 19, 2014 | Change Agents, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Organizational Development
The last few years have been a stark reminder that business as usual is not working. The need for change is far greater than it has ever been before. The pace of change is accelerating. We must change or be changed. Instead of waiting for things to change we must...
by Susan Foley | Jul 8, 2014 | Change Agents, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Organizational Development
As an entrepreneurial leader, you soon come to understand why culture is often the biggest obstacle to creating an entrepreneurial venture inside an existing business. Culture is the social fabric of an organization, its personality, its values, norms, behaviors,...
