Intrapreneur: A manager within a company who promotes innovative product development and marketing. Intrapreneurs are invaluable to business today — they enable innovation, grow bottom lines, and introduce new perspectives to established companies. But more than anything, it’s the energy they bring to teams that benefits workplaces. They think independently, take initiative, exhibit ownership, accept their role as leaders, and make decisions. In this session, Nancy Lyons will speak to the core attributes of intrapreneurship and intrapreneurs and discuss how — and why — to bring these characteristics into your daily work.

1. INTRAPRENEURISM
Being an employee & thinking like a CEO
Nancy Lyons – @nylons

2. Why we’re having this conversation
PART 1

3. WORK LEGACY

4. TECHNOLOGICAL
REVOLUTION

5. BUSINESS TODAY

7. Intra- & Entre- preneurialism
PART 2

8. A person who organizes and manages any
enterprise, especially a business, usually with
considerable initiative and risk.
ENTREPRENEUR

9. From French. Literally, one who
undertakes.
ENTREPREN

10. Questions status quo
Observes the world around her
Takes risks
Endeavors to achieve
Experiments to find solutions
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

11. A person inside an organization
who takes risks to solve problems
and grow business.
INTRAPRENEUR

12. FAST COMPANY
“…never before has there
been such a push for
employees to take
ownership of their own
corner of a company. “

13. INC.
“Intrapreneurs are major
contributors to increases in
productivity within
companies.”

14. Characteristics of an Intrapreneur
PART 3

15. PROACTIVE

16. COMMITTED

17. INTEGRITY

18. OPEN-MINDED

19. COURAGEOUS

20. RESILIENT & ADAPTIVE

21. EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT

22. AUTHENTIC

23. Challenging yourself to
be an Intrapreneur
PART 4

24. With everything: relationships,
conversations, ideas.
TAKE INITIATIVE.

25. Treat the company, its
reputation, and its future
like it’s your own.
TAKE OWNERSHIP.

26. Don’t hog the spotlight: when
we all win, we all win.
LET GO OF EGO.

27. Have your eyes on your goals,
but stay aware of what’s
happening around you.
BE FOCUSED. AND OPEN.

28. You won’t win every time
and you will definitely fail.
That’s okay.
DON’T GIVE UP EASILY.

29. Showing up isn’t enough, think
about bigger contributions.
ALWAYS ADD VALUE.

30. Moving something through
the pipeline requires careful
thinking.
THINK STRATEGICALLY.

31. No one wants to
follow a jerk.
BE HUMBLE.

32. How to create organizations
and teams support
intrapreneurs
PART 5

33. Everyone, including
leadership, should talk
about it every day.
TALK ABOUT IT

34. MAKE IT EVIDENT
IN YOUR VALUES.
Values should be explicit
and followed.

35. DEMONSTRATE IT
WITH YOUR OWN
ACTIONS.
It’s empowering to
see mentors and
leaders in action.

36. CELEBRATE GOOD
WORK AT ALL LEVELS.
Credit, recognition, and
rewards shouldn’t only
happen at the top.

37. REWARD PEOPLE WHO
THINK OUTSIDE-THE-BOX.
Positive attention will
encourage others to
follow suit.

38. INCLUDE INTRAPRENEURS
AT THE TABLE.
Make them look and feel
good for being
intrapreneurial.

39. Nancy Lyons
@nylons
BE PRO AND LEARN THE
BUSINESS.
— Me