Through “Intrapreneurship,” Employees Help Drive a Company’s Success — Including Ours!
At State National we know we have an incredible amount of talent within our organization, so we have always looked inside to our team members and internal clients to harvest new and better ways to do things.
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In the early days, we placed computers and people at every one of our clients to service each organization’s account. Internally, an employee asked, “Why don’t we centralize the dedicated call function of those jobs to allow the person to provide better uninterrupted service to the client?” With that, the premier Contact Center at State National was born. Because different clients want different levels of service, ultimately a centralized Contact Center was best for our clients and the effectiveness of their programs.
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Our Claims team asked, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could offer our superior outside insurance claim services together with the repossession, remarketing, and skip tracing services in conjunction with our collateral protection programs?” And so the CARS program was created, offering high-value services to save our partners significant time, money, and effort.
These are just two of the countless examples of enhancements, improvements, and process efficiencies that have sprung from the minds of SNC team members over the past 50+ years. While these examples are large, a wide range of innovative ideas are being developed and nurtured at State National every day. I never thought much about what to call it, but recently I heard the perfect term — intrapreneurship.
An intrapreneur can be simply defined as an employee who is tasked with developing an innovative idea or project within a company, or who comes up with one on their own. This concept has been ingrained in our associates since the beginning — and look how far we have come to develop the best portfolio protection products in the industry!
How do you encourage the intrapreneurs in your organization?
