by Susan Foley | Apr 23, 2019 | Alignment, Core Competencies, Innovation, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Team, Value, Vision
Three out of five executives feel that their organizations are weak when it comes to execution. They are probably right. Executing with precision takes time. Building execution as a core competency takes practice. That’s why intrapreneurs are so important. Execution...
by Susan Foley | Dec 8, 2015 | Change, Core Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Social Intrapreneurs
Isn’t it time we recognized corporate entrepreneurs (Intrapreneurs) as a new profession? If yes, then why aren’t organizations proactively acknowledging this role? If you search the most popular career web-sites you find that none of them post jobs for corporate...
by Susan Foley | Dec 16, 2014 | Core Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Engagement, Intrapreneurs, Leaders
In a speech to a local college, New York Times columnist, Tom Friedman proclaimed that “average is officially over, in a hyper connected world; we must adjust to it before the global economy passes us by.” This coming from the author, who told us years ago that, the...
by Susan Foley | Sep 9, 2014 | Business Growth, Core Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Leadership Skills, Social Intrapreneurs
A social intrapreneur is an entrepreneur inside an existing organization that is creating new products, services, processes or businesses that have a social or environmental impact. The emergence of social intrapreneurs is in response to rising expectations about the...
by Susan Foley | Nov 7, 2012 | Core Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leadership Skills
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...
by Susan Foley | Feb 10, 2012 | Business Growth, Core Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurs
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...