by Susan Foley | Aug 9, 2022 | Competencies, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Experiential, Growth, Independent Thinking, Innovative, Intrapreneurs, Learning, Success, Taking Action
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 | Mar 15, 2022 | Change, Growth, Innovative, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Leadership, Risk, Talent
According to the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC), magazine Talent Executive, “Clients are looking for innovative leaders who can both imagine and drive new ways of doing business.” There is a high degree of anxiety among senior...
by Susan Foley | Jan 23, 2020 | Hardwired, Innovative, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Skills, Startups, Success
Are you hardwired to be an Intrapreneur? That was a question that came up in a discussion at a luncheon of experienced women intrapreneurs. All these women had successful careers, but they did it their way, on their terms. They didn’t let organizational barriers or...
by Susan Foley | Nov 20, 2018 | Change, Commitment, Entrepreneurial, Growth, Innovative, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, Risk, Strategy, Transformation
A proliferation of articles state that the key to intrapreneurship is building an innovative and entrepreneurial culture. Yet we know that nearly 70% of all change initiatives fail. There is no doubt that intrapreneurship requires a magnitude shift in thinking and...
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 | Mar 11, 2011 | Accelerating Growth, Innovative, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs
Thanks for the great questions from the readers of the e-book Acceleration – Changing the Speed of Growth www.corporate-entrepreneurs.com/Acceleration.html. Given the overwhelming response there may be more internal entrepreneurs out there than previously reported. ...
