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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Fight paralysis with intrapreneurship Globe and Mail article on empowering employees and re-energizing your organization Salient points from the article (emphasis added): In the current economic climate, everyone worries about saving their job. They put their heads down and hope to survive. This will paralyze an organization. Small, entrepreneurial ventures can always find a niche to add value. Entrepreneurs have the total flexibility to define their target and thus their future. Large enterprises have constraints on creativity but that doesn't mean they can't be innovative and leverage their vast resources to reposition themselves for a new future. We call this entrepreneurial behaviour within an enterprise, or intrapreneurship. ... "Most enlightened businesses have been doing or talking about intrapreneurship for 15 years or more," says Dan Mathers, CEO in Residence at Communitech, the Waterloo, Ont., region's technology association. ... Innovative ideas and their champions exist within your organization. You need to find a way to identify those ideas without killing them. Find the driven intrapreneur, the dream team with a vision and pull them out of your organizational machine. Give them the support they need but hold them accountable to deliver. Then let them re-energize your organization with insights, new products and a "can do" attitude. Intrapreneurship is also an excellent way to retain your top creative employees - the ones who will be most inclined to leave the corporate environment to spin off their own ideas, possibly ending up in competition with your organization. Read the rest of the article - it's worth it. Source (please note, some articles are only available for a limited time.) Posted by: gisela on 2009-02-09 10:21:02 Subscribe to the feed Direct Link to this post Next post: Dopamine impacts your willingness to work 2012-05-12 10:04:13 Other posts tagged intrapreneurs, mastery, morale, employee retention: · [Study finds those who feel they must stick with employer become more emotionally exhausted] · [Benefits of taking Fido to work may not be far-fetched] · [Workplace stress is a growing health hazard] · [Digital forensic examiners face stress, role-conflict] · [Workplace friendships: a mixed blessing for employers, employees] · [Workplace Friendships: Good for Morale, Bad for Productivity] · [Five Strategies for Dealing with Workplace Depression] · [Productivity may slump but some companies embrace Olympics as morale booster] · [Spirituality belongs in the workplace] · [Study Details Impact of Workplace Musculoskeletal Disorders on European Union] · [Health Promotion Program Helps Reduce Risks for Truck Drivers] Don't forget: there is a search box on every page! Recent Posts: Dopamine impacts your willingness to work People who are willing to work hard for rewards had higher release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in areas of the brain known to play an important role in reward and motivation Posted by: danica on 2012-05-12 10:04:13 Co-workers can be as important as supervisors for effective student internships How internships are high-impact educational practices that can lead to higher levels of learning than those practices found in traditional classroom settings Posted by: danica on 2012-05-11 10:59:49 Comparing suffering may stop people seeking help for depression and anxiety People make inaccurate judgements about their depression and anxiety symptoms based on their perception of the suffering of those around them Posted by: danica on 2012-05-09 11:17:17 Long commutes may be hazardous to health Greater commuting distances are associated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), increased weight, and other indicators of metabolic risk Posted by: danica on 2012-05-09 09:02:31 National U.K. handwashing campaign improved hygiene and reduced infection The more UK hospitals purchased soap and alcohol handrub, the more levels of MRSA and C. difficile went down Posted by: danica on 2012-05-07 09:05:37 View Your Cart? Call us for more information: In Toronto and Area call 647.723.6381 or call 1.866.395.8904 Toll-free. Dial answer group (ext) 3. \| Share: \| more Check out our Amazon Reading List!	New! Wellergize brings the power of Permacharts to your organization. Click here to see our selection. Wellergize Latest Tweet: Hmm. Twitter appears to be pining for the fjords at the moment. Who has used Wellergize Products and Services? O.L.G., for one. Ask us how we can help your organization.
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