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 | Aug 28, 2014 | Alignment, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leadership Skills, Social Intrapreneurs
Thanks for all the great questions from the readers of the book Acceleration – Changing the Speed of Growth. Given the overwhelming response there may be more intrapreneurs out there than previously reported. Many of you indicated that you had never thought of...
by Susan Foley | Oct 29, 2013 | Change Agents, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, Leadership Skills, OD, Organizational Development
All of my career I’ve wondered why organizational development professionals were not given the freedom to do what they do best – make change happen. At the time most leaders weren’t interested in dealing with the soft side of leadership – people and culture. Their...
by Susan Foley | Sep 3, 2013 | Corporate Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leadership Skills
I am pleased to share with you all our exclusive interview with Susan Foley, Managing Partner of Corporate Entrepreneurs LLC, a firm based in the US that helps organizations develop corporate entrepreneurship (Intrapreneurship) as a core competency to accelerate new...
by Susan Foley | Jun 29, 2013 | Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leadership Skills
Two reports last year talked about the dismal state of employee engagement in the workforce with no signs of improvement. The current economic climate has contributed to an unhealthy work environment where employees are stressed and totally disengaged. Intrapreneurs...
by Susan Foley | May 24, 2013 | Corporate Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leadership Skills
What distinguishes a traditional leader from an intrapreneurial leader? That is a question that many large organizations are exploring. The pressure to understand this difference is put into perspective in the article Taking Charge: Entrepreneurs in Pursuit of...