Category / Enterprise in your workplace / Enterprising Mindset / Innovation / Intrapreneur / Mindset / Growth Mindset / Stretchy Thinking
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Overcoming barriers and ditching the excuses
Let’s be really honest here; some of the excuses we come up with for not achieving things are fantastic. Here are some I have heard and possibly used myself: I don’t have the time to do it It would cost me too much I didn’t even know how to start, so didn’t The timing doesn’t…
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Why your organisation needs stretchy staff
If your organisation is struggling to bring about much-needed change, you need stretchy staff. What are “stretchy staff”? Staff are so important to the success of an organisation. Their willingness to develop themselves and the organisation they work for often comes down to goodwill, personal motivation and an understanding of how to spot opportunities and…
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Corporate Enterprise: Just the latest buzz or a real solution for your organisation?
Have you spent time trying the latest courses, conferences and leadership tools but found yourself wondering if they had any real impact? You may be wondering if corporate enterprise is just the same. For those who have made use of corporate enterprise they have found it to be anything but just another fad. Corporate enterprise…
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Enterprise agility can be developed through organisational learning
Do you feel like you and your teams are on a never-ending treadmill to improve customer service, increase sales and keep up with the latest trends and whilst staying one step ahead of your competitors? You are not alone. The answer to your problems could be developing more enterprise agility in your organisation. What is…
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Enterprise Within – Learning Organisation and Test Labs
To conclude the 6 areas of Enterprise WithinTM we examine 5 and 6 – Learning Organisation and Test Labs. Let’s look at these separately and start with Learning Organisation. Learning Organisation. People need time and space to learn, but it can be very difficult to learn and develop when faced with a tough work schedule.…
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Enterprise WithinTM – Mind-Set for Growth
As part of examining the 6 areas of Enterprise WithinTM we take a look at area 4 – Mind-Set for Growth. It is common (unfortunately) that when organisations have grown and become established they can become stuck in familiar ways of working. The board or shareholders m ay take a more conservative role or be…
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Enterprise WithinTM – Staff Engagement
The third area of Enterprise WithinTM is Staff Engagement. As a business you want staff engagement, but do your employees understand this? In his book Employee Engagement Kevin Kruse says: “Employee engagement is the emotional commitment an employee has to the organisation and its goals, resulting in the use of discretionary effort.” His research shows…
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Leading your team in a growth business – how to manage an intrapreneur
If you are considering encouraging more entries in your organisation one thing which may worry you is how to manage an intrapreneur. I regularly speak about intrapreneurship as enabling and encouraging staff to be enterprising. This requires an element of freedom for staff to be able to see the need for new solutions themselves, develop…
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Enterprise WithinTM – Customer Led Growth
In this article we examine the second area of Enterprise WithinTM. After the first area, Multi-Level Communication, comes Customer Led Growth. In many organisations there is a “delivery gap” between what the organisation believes it is delivering to clients and what they believe they are receiving. Closing the delivery gap sounds easier than it is…