Intrapreneurs – Employees Of The Future

A few years back, there were still many companies that believed they don’t necessarily need an online presence if they’re not into e-commerce or that building mobile compatible website interfaces was not essential. Today we got to a point where if a company doesn’t have any social media presence, their business reliability is overshadowed. Likewise, if someone can’t browse your info from their mobile device, they will be more likely to go for another provider that offers better accessibility.

It will be the same case for internal collaboration. Maybe today there are still some organizations that strive to implement knowledge sharing activities, but in some years from now, this will become the norm. The positive consequences of these practices will show results not only in the acceleration, but also in the quality of the services that companies provide. And moreover, it’s an exercise that will upgrade your employees to “superhero” employees…Enter the intrapreneur! 🙂

In brief, an intrapreneur is an internal employee with entrepreneurial skills. So how do these skills improve productivity? There are some important behavioral patterns that can be borrowed from independent professionals and here the most valuable 3 of them:

1. Perspective transformation. This is related to the capacity of employees to identify themselves with their company. Individual success is promoted to organizational success – an intrapreneur will speak proudly of his company online and in person.
2. Higher level of engagement. In a professional environment where initiatives are both noticed and appreciated, employees will be more likely to feel proud about their actions. This will give them a fresh batch of energy that can be redirected to an enterprise level. They will start feeling concerned about any company issue. An intrapreneur will get the drive to help or to redirect to the right person, even if it’s not in his/her area.
   
3. Self-empowered stamina. In a collaborative climate, innovation has the potential to arise from the most unusual places. Since the conventional hierarchical management model will no longer inhibit the resourcefulness of employees, people will achieve self-coordination skills, triggering a higher level of responsibility and success commitment.

Intrapreneurs are the employees of the future. Collaboration is only the start of it.

Happy Knowledge Sharing!