Intrapreneurialism And High Performance

Unlike the term entrepreneur, the term intrapreneur is a relatively recent one. In essence, it is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur whilst working within a large organisation. In other words, it is the demonstration of business skills, personal leadership and creative problem-solving abilities that enables employees to find, explore and implement worthy ideas that will help the organisation to be future-ready and relevant. In a fast-moving world, intrapreneurs can be the source of energy and creativity that helps an organisation (especially one steeped in bureaucracy), to find and exploit change and innovation opportunities.

Could your organisation do with more intrapreneurs?

Keynote – Human Helium: How intrapreneurs help organisations to soar

In a fast-moving world, intrapreneurs are a source of energy and creativity that propel an organisation forward because they are able to find and exploit innovation opportunities. In this powerful keynote Dr. Irena reveals the essential ingredients for intrapreneurialism and how these can be harnessed within your organisation. [read more]

Program For Public Sector Agencies

Human Helium: Creating Intrapreneurs in the Public Sector Who Will Help Agencies to Soar

There are some very compelling reasons to place emphasis on intrepreneurialism in government. Bringing an intrapreneurial mind-set to public service, can help government achieve many of its key goals. Intrepreneurialism is a relatively new concept in government departments so there is a skills gap in this area. This program addresses that gap. [read more]

Program For Private Sector Organisations

Human Helium: How Intrapreneurs Help Organisations to Soar

Organisations today, are needing to transform themselves to rise to the challenges of the 21st century. In a fast-moving world, intrapreneurs can be the source of energy, tenacity and creativity that helps an organisation to find and exploit change and innovation opportunities. They are the most valuable of all employees. This program shows organisations how to unleash the intrapreneurial spirit within their employees. [read more]

Workshop – Creating Intrapreneurs

Organisations today, are transforming themselves in order to rise to the complex challenges of the 21^st century. Intrapreneurs can be the driving force behind this transformation! [read more]

Keynote

Human Helium: How Intrapreneurs Help Organisations to Soar

Intrapreneurialism is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur whilst working INSIDE a large organisation. It is the demonstration of business skills, personal leadership and creative problem-solving abilities that enables employees to find, explore and implement worthy ideas that enable the organisation to be future-ready and relevant. In a fast-moving world, intrapreneurs are a source of energy and creativity that propel an organisation forward because they are able to find and exploit innovation opportunities.

In this powerful keynote Dr. Irena reveals the essential ingredients for intrapreneurialism and how these can be used to equip people in your organisation with the mindset and tools to unleash their entrepreneurial spirit in the service of the organisation.

Key ‘Take-Aways’ From This Presentation

• Understand the three drivers of intrapreneurialism.
• How to take people on the intrapreneurial journey.
• A framework for nurturing the intrapreneurs within your organisation.
• How to get people thinking like intrapreneurs.
• How to liberate and harness the intrapreneurial talent of your people for the benefit of your organisation.
• How to avoid the #1 killer of intrapreneurialism in organisations.

Program For Public Sector Agencies

Human Helium: Creating Intrapreneurs in the Public Sector Who Will Help Agencies to Soar

There are some very compelling reasons to place emphasis on intrepreneurialism in government. Bringing an intrapreneurial mind-set to public service, can help government achieve many of its key goals such as cutting red tape, streamlining bureaucratic processes, enhancing procurement, transitioning to digitisation and diversifying delivery models.

Intrepreneurialism is a relatively new concept in government departments so there is a skills gap in this area. This program addresses that gap.

Organisations typically have people at many different levels of readiness when it comes to being intrapreneurial. Factors influencing their level could be things like length of time in the organisation, career stage, previous experience, perceptions about their leader’s openness to new ideas, confidence, levels of trust and collaboration, nature of professional development undertaken, to name but a few.

The program migrates people up the five stages.

The Seat Warmer is the disengaged employee who is not looking to add value to the organisation or their team. This person demonstrates low levels of commitment, self-leadership and problem-solving so their performance is below average. They often have a negative impact on a team hence the rating of X-1 in performance. In reality their negative influence may be far greater.

The Rule Follower is committed to doing things the way they have always done them. Their average performance rating combined with the outcome rating of x1 reflects their skill of maintaining the status quo.

The Questioner is someone who is actively seeking for better ways of doing things so they deliver above average performance. They may be described a ‘intrapreneurs in waiting’. A failure to develop them results in unfulfilled potential.

The Problem Solver is someone who jumps at the chance to make things better. If they see an opportunity, they will act on it with due diligence. The solutions they produce and their openness to collaborate, facilitate the team to high performance. Hence their outcome rating is conservatively placed at X4, in reality it is probably much higher depending on the nature of the problems they solve.

The Opportunity Finder is the true intrapreneur. This person goes beyond being a good problem-solver to being a talented problem-finder. In other words, they are excellent strategic thinkers who can look ahead and identify potential problems before they turn into crises that sap time, energy and resources. They are constantly vigilant in seeking out opportunities to strengthen the organisation. They see it as their responsibility to be aware of the emerging trends, locally and globally, that are impacting their field and spend time thinking and reflecting on how to ride or navigate them.

How many people do you have in your organisation at each level?

Imagine the IMPACT it would have on your team’s or department’s effectiveness if you could migrate a critical mass of people to the highest level.

This program is ideal for:

• Leaders
• Emerging leaders
• Project managers
• Influencers
• Team leaders and supervisors

Using a masterful blend of integrated learning channels and experiences, this program takes people on a unique and rewarding journey into intrapreneurialism. They learn how to rise above the forces that limit performance and sap entrepreneurial spirit. In so doing they bring enormous value to their agency.

Talk to me if:

• You have leaders or team members whose intrapreneurial talent and potential is currently underutilised
• Your leaders or emerging leaders want to behave more like intrapreneurs but are not sure how or lack the confidence
• You recognise that intrepreneurialism is a new and important capacity that needs developing in your workforce and you want to upskill your people.

Next Steps

Book a complimentary strategy session with me to see if this program is suitable for your organisation.

Program For Private Sector Agencies

Human Helium: How Intrapreneurs Help Organisations to Soar

This program is for those organisations who are ready to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of their people.

Organisations today, are needing to transform themselves to rise to the challenges of the 21st century. In a fast-moving world, intrapreneurs can be the source of energy, tenacity and creativity that helps an organisation to find and exploit change and innovation opportunities. They are the most valuable of all employees. This program shows organisations how to unleash the intrapreneurial spirit within their employees for the benefit of the organisation.

The program migrates people up the five stages of activity and performance towards true intrapreneurialism. Let’s look at the characteristics of each level.

The Seat Warmer is the disengaged employee who is not looking to add value to the organisation or their team. This person demonstrates low levels of commitment, self-leadership and problem-solving so their performance is below average. They often have a negative impact on a team hence the rating of X-1 in performance. In reality their negative influence may be far greater.

The Rule Follower is committed to doing things the way they have always done them. Their average performance rating combined with the outcome rating of x1 reflects their skill of maintaining the status quo.

The Questioner is someone who is actively seeking for better ways of doing things so they deliver above average performance. They may be described a ‘intrapreneurs in waiting’. A failure to develop them results in unfulfilled potential.

The Problem Solver is someone who jumps at the chance to make things better. If they see an opportunity, they will act on it with due diligence. The solutions they produce and their openness to collaborate, facilitate the team to high performance. Hence their outcome rating is conservatively placed at X4, in reality it is probably much higher depending on the nature of the problems they solve.

The Opportunity Finder is the true intrapreneur. This person goes beyond being a good problem-solver to being a talented problem-finder. In other words, they are excellent strategic thinkers who can look ahead and identify potential problems before they turn into crises that sap time, energy and resources. They are constantly vigilant in seeking out opportunities to strengthen the organisation. They see it as their responsibility to be aware of the emerging trends, locally and globally, that are impacting their field and spend time thinking and reflecting on how to ride or navigate them.

How many people do you have in your organisation at each level?

Imagine the IMPACT it would have on your team’s or department’s effectiveness if you could migrate a critical mass of people to the highest level.

Talk to me if:

• You have leaders or team members whose intrapreneurial talent and potential is currently underutilised
• Your leaders or emerging leaders want to behave more like intrapreneurs but are not sure how or lack the confidence
• You recognise that intrepreneurialism is a new and important capacity that needs developing in your workforce and you want to upskill your people.

Next Steps

Book a complimentary strategy session with me to see if this program is suitable for your organisation.

Workshop

Creating Intrapreneurs

Organisations today, are transforming themselves in order to rise to the complex challenges of the 21st century. Intrapreneurs can be the driving force behind this transformation!

What is intrapreneurialism? It is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur whilst working inside a large organisation. It is the demonstration of business acumen, personal leadership & creative problem-solving abilities that enables employees to find, explore & implement worthy ideas that help the organisation to be future-ready and relevant. In a fast-moving world, intrapreneurs are the source of energy and creativity that helps an organisation, (especially one steeped in bureaucracy) to find and exploit change and innovation opportunities. They are the most valuable of all employees!
Invest in yourself and your team. Become more enterprising in your approach to envisioning and creating the future. Solve problems, implement your ideas and influence for positive change. Discover some powerful, road-tested tools and approaches guaranteed to help transcend entrenched thinking and doing to creating massive value.

Who Should Attend?

Employees, managers and leaders at all levels who want to help transform their organisations while developing their intrapreneurial skills.

What people are saying

“Developing our intrapreneurial skills with Dr. Irena has been hugely beneficial for changing the way we think about our business problems and their solutions.”
K. Dyble, Manager, QSA

“This workshop gave me a new way of thinking and a foundation for innovative leadership. It was challenging but great!”
L. Hutchinson. Qld Health.

There is a specially customised version of this workshop specifically for government agencies. [download the brochure]

Find out more about our “Creating Intrapreneurs” One Day Workshop in Brisbane on the 13th of March.

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