Results of Corporate Entrepreneur Poll

Last week I put out a call for responses to a poll asking our audience what the phrase "corporate entrepreneur" meant to them. This topic of corporate entrepreneurship will encompass my contribution to my upcoming book Uncommon with Brian Tracy (Spring 2015), and I wanted to get a sense of what professionals out there thought when they heard the phrase. The largest response at 23% was that a corporate entrepreneur was "a strategist". A three-way tie for second at 15% each included:

• Someone who's business savvy but probably more suited for self-employment.
• Someone who sees what's coming in the corporate realm and prepares for it.
• A professional who knows how to apply certain elements of self-employment within the corporate structure.

If you'd like to participate in the poll, please feel free to do so. I've included it below and will keep it open a couple more weeks.

At that time, I will post the results and give an excerpt from the book discussing this issue. As a technical career strategist following the world of work closely, I am convinced that corporate entrepreneurship is going to be a "must" (yes, a must) for anyone looking to maintain their careers, particularly as we move through the next decade.

The shifting of corporate culture, the convoluted hiring practices, the mixed-generational workforce, and most importantly, the global market outlook are all bringing together a perfect storm that will forever change what it means to be in corporate. What we've seen so far is just the beginning.