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A sampling of video and audio speeches and interviews by President Schlesinger

2011

Babson President Looks For American Entrepreneurial Spirit
WBUR RadioBoston, 8/17/11

CEO Corner: Eileen Fisher, Len Schlesinger, and Entrepreneurship [11:42] Part I
CEO Corner: Is Hierarchical Business Model Becoming Obsolete? [7:56] Part II
NECN CEO Corner, 5/1/11

How Professional Services Firms Can Benefit from Entrepreneurial Thinking: An Interview with Leonard A. Schlesinger [18:33] Audio interview with RainToday.com, 1/4/11

2010

World Stage: Henri Termeer inducted into Babson’s Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs [1:11:14] 4/23/10

2009

Babson College’s undergraduate and graduate programs ranked #1 in entrepreneurship by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine [9:54] 9/22/09

Inside Look—Business Education [5:20] Interview with The Bloomberg News, 6/23/09

Business Schools & the Financial Crisis [5:54] Interview with The Bloomberg News, 3/20/09

The Financial Crisis as a Learning Tool [3:14] Interview with Brian Sullivan, Fox Business, 1/13/09

2008

2008 Babson Entrepreneurship Monitor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Fueling Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship [26:28] 12/11/08

Leonard Schlesinger, Babson College President [10:25] Segment 1
Leonard Schlesinger discusses the challenges of his job [7:34] Segment 2
Leonard Schlesinger’s goals for Babson College [2:20] Segment 3
CEO Corner with Maryanne Kane, NECN, 12/1/08

Interactive Case Study: The Analysis: Babson College Meets the Corporate Gender Challenge [3:12] BusinessWeek Video, 9/30/08

Opening of the European Foundation of Management Development Annual Meeting [32:59] 9/18/08

Announcement of the Lewis Institute [8:52] 9/2/08

Len and Phyllis Schlesinger discuss their new life at Babson [12:07] (Audio Only) 8/27/08

OBTC Address Conclusion [06:56] 6/12/08

Leadership and Ethics Series: Organizational Leadership in Search of the Triple Bottom Line: The “Victoria’s Dirty Secret” Campaign [1:01:14] (Audio Only) 2/13/08

GEM Meeting [11:19] 1/18/08

Introduction [17:19] Part I
Q & A [24:12] Part II
January 2008 Town Meeting, 1/08

​Speeches & Writings

 

 Written Interviews

 

"A Conversation with Len Schlesinger, Babson College President"
by Nicholas Jackson, The Atlantic, 10/19/11

Assessing Undergraduate Business Education: Interviews With 4 Leaders
by David Glenn, Chronicle of Higher Education, 4/17/11

Green U: Higher-Ed about to Get More Energy-Savvy
by Jackie Noblett, Boston Business Journal, 2/12/10

Flying High at Babson: Len Schlesinger Wants to Create the Equivalent of the Airline Industry’s Star Alliance for Teaching Entrepreneurship
by Robert Buderi, Xconomy, 9/29/09

Entrepreneurship is the Best Way to Create Value
Interview with Alejandra Clavería, AméricaEconomía.com, 6/23/09

Ask the Experts: Online MBA 2009 Q & A
Panel: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Dr. Angel Cabrera and Linda Anderson, FT.com (The Financial Times) 3/18/09

Dean profile: Leonard Schlesinger of Babson College
by Della Bradshaw, FT.com (The Financial Times) 1/26/09

Building a Better Business School
The Boston Globe, 1/18/09