You can never unlock 10X growth in your business without a culture of Intrapreneurship.

I was privileged to coach & consult a Billion Dollar Company with about 55,000 employees across
65 countries. Many CEOs, Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders I interact with were curious to know how this organization was able to create, build and sustain this rate of exponential growth.

A significant factor that stood out was that this company continuously invests in and nurtures a strong team of Intrapreneurs. Intrapreneurs are individuals inside established organizations responsible for building new businesses, products, services and/ or processes that create value and generate new business growth. Intrapreneurs are also referred to as corporate entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial leaders.

In fact, the world’s leading companies like Google, Facebook, eBay, Deloitte, GFK, Accenture, Ashoka, and Barclays have formal programs to nurture innovation. Leaders come up with game-changing ideas, take ownership, execute and help their companies garner multi-million, billion-dollar revenues. Employee engagement, high growth, profitability, and productivity are the norm in these companies.

The Deloitte Millennial Survey (January 2014) reports that Millennials, who are already emerging as leaders in technology and other industries will comprise 75 percent of the global workforce by 2025. They want to work for organizations that foster innovative thinking, develop their skills, and make a positive contribution to society. Unfortunately, Businesses are not doing much in this regard.

There is a great sense of urgency now more than ever for Industries (as diverse as agriculture, manufacturing, media, real estate and IT) to reprogram themselves, make their cultures more future friendly and drive growth. 

It’s a wake-up call for CEOs even in the SME sector to use Intrapreneurship as the key driver for exponential business growth or 10X growth as we prefer to call it. To those who think that only a large enterprise can afford to build Intrapreneurs, we ask them to look at the opportunities simply lying on the table. We further challenge them by asking –

• What’s the flip side of not having a strong team of Intrapreneurs?
• Can you actually afford to forgo all those opportunities lying on the table?
• Can you afford not to become a market leader?
• Can you afford to have individuals with a “typical employee mindset” who are always waiting
  for instructions and those who are “clock watchers”?
• Even if an employee is trustworthy, does s/he have the competency & capability to
  recognize, capitalize and leverage on 10X growth opportunities?

In most cases, the cost for CEOs to identify, recruit and nurture Intrapreneurs will be similar to the cost of hiring a typical “employee”. Don’t forget the cost of a bad hire (costs related to induction, training, lost time, lost opportunities and lost revenues when a typical employee does not deliver results! 

Want to unlock 10X growth?
Start answering these questions… 

1. Do you have a team of Intrapreneurs to unlock 10X growth?
2. Who are the Intrapreneurs inside your organization?
3. How are you leveraging their potential?
4. What are their current competencies and those they require to build?
5. Which systems and processes are getting in your way?
6. Are your “typical employees” & current culture resisting change?
7. Are you getting the return you want on your growth investments?

Don’t delay. You need to identify, develop & retain your best intrapreneurial leaders before they leave for better opportunities!

The very survival and growth of your business depends on it.

 

To your 10X growth!

Ronald Raj
CEO Coach & Business Growth Expert

P.S: Don’t miss this opportunity! Email us for a FREE consultation on how to –

• Establish a strong culture of Intrapreneurship.
• Develop a road-map for nurturing Intrapreneurs
• Identify & remove potential barriers that impede growth.
• Institute best practices from Billion Dollar Companies.