Develop Intrapreneurs

How can you tell if you have innovative ‘intrapreneurs’ in your organization?

1. They’re irritating.
2. They used to be irritating but now they’re quiet (a more serious issue).

Either way, you’ve got an important engagement and retention issue that impacts productivity.

Here’s the problem:

The very skills and talents we hire for in recruiting innovators to our organizations are, ironically, the ones that get stifled under red tape, bureaucracy, and ‘the way things are done around here’. And our research shows this is why those innovative employees leave.

Believe it or not, we can create organizations that have both rules that make sense and happy employees whose ideas are given space to flourish. Don’t wait for you intrapreneurial employees to check out and leave…

Take a look at our programs and services that grow innovation through developing intrapreneurial employees.

Our unique Mentrapreneurship Program™

This program – that can be adapted to your organization’s specific needs – is all about growing innovation through your intrapreneurial employees: identifying them, engaging them, leading them.

It’s also about leaders taking responsibility for growing it, nurturing it, and mentoring it – in other words Mentrapreneurship™. This unique program is comprised of three components, and you can engage in one, all three, or select parts from each component to create your own unique program:

1. The Innovation Infrastructure Audit™ – Identifies roadblocks in your organization that undermine innovation and intrapreneurship and cause frustration. Provides a comprehensive recommendation report at completion that pinpoints your challenges in areas including but not limited to:
   • Policies
   • Processes
   • Procedures
   • Rewards and incentives
   • Signing authorities
   • Decision and approval levels
   • Committees and governance structures
   • Timeframe from idea to implementation
     • For simple ideas or products
     • For more complex ideas or products
       
2. The Innovation Development Program™– Designs and delivers learning and leadership development programs (online and face-to-face) that emphasize supporting and growing employee intrapreneurship and creating cultures of innovation. Includes customization to your organization’s particular needs and often incudes:
   • The role of a leader in developing innovative cultures:
     • Key behaviours
     • Key challenges
     • Performance management approaches for intrapreneurs
   • Benchmarking excellence in innovation
   • Leading innovative leaders
   • Building cultures that support innovation and intrapreneurship
   • Introduction to the basics of The Mentrapreneurship Program™
   • Specific topics tailored to your organization’s needs.
     
3. The Intrapreneur Development Program ™ – Identifies existing intrapreneurs in your organization and develops customized programming to engage and re-engage such employees so you can capitalize on innovation. Includes but is not limited to:
   • Re-engagement programs
   • On-boarding and orientation strategies
   • Building your customized Mentrapreneurship Program™ which can include:
     • ‘In a box’ program you can implement on your own
     • Launching and ongoing coaching and learning support in implementation
     • Selected workshops and learning program to support innovation