Skills Framework
Use the Intrapreneur Skills Framework to understand the core traits and skills of an experienced intrapreneur, and to begin to devise your own intrapreneurial development plan.
Intrapreneur Skills Framework
What's it for?
Intrapreneurship is a hugely rewarding multi-disciplinary field that has the potential to drive revenue and grow businesses of any size and in any sector. This makes it a fun and exciting industry to be a part of.
But… it also means that to be an expert intrapreneur, you need to have a solid understanding of lots of different concepts. From innovation to project management; leadership to marketing and more besides. There are many skills for an intrapreneur to master.
The Intrapreneur Skills Framework clearly illustrates the full array of skills and abilities that an intrapreneur needs to exhibit before they can be considered proficient in their field.
Use the Skills Framework understand the complete range of skills that you need to master to become an expert intrapreneur, and to devise your own intrapreneurial development plan.
How to Use the Skills Framework
Step 1.
Start in the centre of the graphic. Here you'll find 8 intrapreneurial personality traits. These are the key characteristics that intrapreneurs exhibit.
Step 2.
Working outwards, there are 3 broad skills categories in which to become proficient: Team-working, rapid learning and leading change.
Step 3.
Within each category you can see 4 or 5 skills that are fundamental to achieving mastery in that category. The skills are underpinned by the intrapreneurs' core behaviours and traits at the centre of the graphic.
Step 4.
Assess your own capabilities in each of the skill areas. Where do you need to develop?What kind of training, coaching or mentoring do you and your team need to get to where you want to be?
Step 5.
Choose the resources you'll use to support your learning. You might choose books, a personal coach, or an online or in-person training course.
For a complete end-to-end intrapreneurship training program, there's no better choice than our own Intrapreneurship Mastery Program.
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Understand the core traits and skills of an experienced intrapreneur and devise your own intrapreneurial development plan with the Intrapreneur Skills Framework.
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