by Susan Foley | Jun 21, 2016 | Business Growth, Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Free Agents, Freelancers, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Social Intrapreneurs, Talent, Work
The world of work is rapidly changing and being an entrepreneur in or outside of an organization is what it is all about. The research shows that one of the key reasons for being successful in today’s marketplace is due to understanding, embracing and living by an...
by Susan Foley | Feb 9, 2016 | Competencies, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, Talent, Team
A key contributor to intrapreneurship success is having the right skill sets and competencies to drive things to completion. As the entrepreneurial leader, you will need three types of people on your team to be successful: creators, doers, and implementers. Our...
by Susan Foley | Jan 19, 2016 | Business Growth, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, Social Intrapreneurs
A few months ago Paul O’Connor from the The Adept Group asked some very interesting and insightful questions about Intrapreneurship. Why did intrapreneurship die in its initial roll out back in the 1980’s and why will it stick now? What has changed outside of...
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 | Jul 28, 2015 | Business Growth, Change, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Work
A friend of mine gave me a lapel pin in the shape of a cork screw. The card with it read, ‘Simple yet complex.’ Years earlier we had started a business selling wine albums for individuals that wanted to keep track of their favorite wines. I was working at...
by Susan Foley | May 5, 2015 | Business Growth, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, New Ventures, Success
Corporate entrepreneurship is vital to the future of every enterprise, but it presents difficult challenges for companies and their entrepreneurial employees. Our research suggests that success comes from managing these unique relationships differently. Nowhere is...
