The World Needs Entrepreneurial Leaders

The complex challenges the world has faced for decades or longer—poverty, hunger, climate action, equality—are no doubt daunting.

But they persist because leadership models to date have failed to address them. To solve these challenges, as well as future ones we can’t even envision yet, we need a new model: entrepreneurial leadership.

Entrepreneurship education started at Babson more than 100 years ago and we’ve been perfecting it ever since. Our faculty, who have a mix of research expertise and practical experience, are the leading minds on entrepreneurial leadership and prepare entrepreneurial leaders at every level—undergraduate, graduate, executive, and even other educators—to create economic and social value everywhere.

A Skill Set and a Mindset

Entrepreneurial leadership is both a skill set and a mindset—both of which can be taught. Entrepreneurial leaders stand out because they put people first and manage in a relational way. They inspire an entrepreneurial approach, which has the potential to create strong risk managers, exceptional uncertainty navigators, and highly skilled ambiguity explorers. These three traits work together, enabling entrepreneurial leaders to take action, solve problems, and create value while others are still analyzing the situation.

This goes far beyond business, allowing entrepreneurial leaders to impact organizations, the economy, and society as a whole.

Entrepreneurial Leadership at All Levels

From students to executives, our diverse programs can help you acquire the essential entrepreneurial leadership skills needed to shape the future.