Every organization’s goals, challenges, and people are different—which is why every Babson custom program is built collaboratively.
From identifying priorities to shaping the experience, we partner with you every step of the way to create a solution tailored to your organization.
Bring Us Your Challenges. We’ll Create the Solution.
1. Discover
Every successful program begins with understanding your organization. Together, we identify your goals, challenges, participant needs, and desired outcomes, creating a learning journey that aligns with your business priorities.
2. Design and Develop
Building on those insights, we assemble the right faculty and coaches, develop a custom curriculum, and refine and finalize every element with your stakeholders before launch.
3. Deliver
Whether delivered on campus, at your organization, online, or through a blended format, our faculty and client success team work together to deliver a seamless experience. Throughout the program, we coordinate logistics, support participant engagement, and monitor progress to help ensure participants attain the intended outcomes.
4. Drive Impact
Learning doesn’t end when the program concludes. We gather participant feedback, reflect on outcomes with your team, and work with you to help participants apply what they’ve learned and sustain meaningful results. Whether you’re planning to continue your program for future cohorts or expand your learning initiative, we remain a partner in your organization’s continued growth.
What Sets Babson Apart?
#2
College in the U.S.*
4.8
Program Score on a 5-Point Scale, 2024–2025**
84
“World Class” Net Promoter Score for Participants, 2024–2025 †
* The Wall Street Journal, 2026 ** babson.edu/professional † babson.edu/professional/organizations
Turning Complexity into Capability
From AI and leadership to transformation and growth, these are the challenges shaping today’s organizations, and the areas where our expertise runs deepest.
AI and Technology Readiness
Prepare your workforce to excel in our tech-powered economy. Create a program focused on topics such as the application of AI, responsible governance, digital transformation, and the strategic use of emerging, cutting-edge technologies.
Applied Learning & Business Impact
Move beyond theory with custom solutions designed to help your employees apply new capabilities to real business challenges and deliver measurable organizational impact. Programs can incorporate experiential learning, organization-specific projects, and immediate workplace application.
Driving Growth, Innovation, & Strategic Agility
Equip your teams to drive sustainable growth in a rapidly evolving global marketplace. Solutions can focus on areas such as innovation, entrepreneurial thinking, strategic agility, and long-term growth strategies.
Leading Through Uncertainty & Complexity
Empower your employees with the skills they need to navigate uncertainty with confidence. Program topics can include geopolitical and economic disruption, organizational agility, and leading through complexity.
Break down silos and strengthen collaboration across your organization. Programs can focus on everything from systems thinking to enterprise leadership to cross-functional communication and more.
Leadership Pipeline, Readiness, & Behavior Change
Develop your next generation of leaders. Partner on solutions designed to upskill your employees in areas such as communication, emotional intelligence, executive readiness, and enterprise-wide leadership.
Organizational Culture & Transformation
Align your company’s culture with your business strategy and long-term goals. Design a solution that can help your teams lead change, reinforce new ways of working, and build a forward-looking, inclusive culture.
Strategic Execution & Accountability
Turn your strategy into consistent execution. Solutions can focus on strengthening accountability, cross-functional alignment, strategic planning, and execution discipline.
Inclusive Leadership
Build a workplace where every employee can thrive. Programs can explore inclusive leadership, psychological safety, equitable decision-making, and strategies for building high-performing teams.
Position your teams for success in the changing world of work. Programs can address hybrid leadership, multigenerational workforces, talent development, employee engagement and retention, and more.
As Executive Director, Stephen Flavin is responsible for leading the Babson Executive Education program portfolio and setting the strategic direction for the organization. Before rejoining Babson, Stephen held leadership positions at Harvard Business School Online, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Babson College.
He has served on the Board of Directors of UNICON (Consortium for University-Based Executive Education) and currently serves on the board of directors of MassEcon. Stephen holds a BS and JD from Suffolk University.
Rachel Crane is responsible for working with client organizations to identify new opportunities and develop custom programs and solutions for Babson Executive Education. In this client engagement role, she is responsible for the overall client relationship and organizational partnership. Through these relationships, she leverages Babson resources to identify the custom solution(s), faculty, and partners for various client needs.
Prior to joining Babson Executive Education, Rachel was responsible for the development of enterprise solutions at a talent development and training company. She has worked in management and IT consulting organizations in a variety of roles including business development, consulting, and client relationship management.
She earned her BA in management from Gettysburg College.
Annika Sanzone specializes in collaborating with organizations to design bespoke executive training programs tailored to their strategic objectives. By building strong relationships with corporate clients, Annika identifies unique organizational needs and aligns them with the right resources, including expert faculty, innovative learning methodologies, and strategic partnership opportunities.
Prior to joining Babson, Annika was head of business development efforts for custom executive education programs at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. She has extensive experience in financial services, working across fintech, investment management, wealth advisory, and equity trading.
She earned her MA in international economics and global business from the School of International Service at American University and her BA in psychology from Vanderbilt University.
Peter Dennis has been associated with Babson College since 2010. He collaborates with corporate clients to identify their key organizational objectives, and design and develop customized strategic advisory and senior leadership training programs, utilizing the full breadth of expertise of Babson’s industry leading practitioners.
Prior to joining Babson, Peter’s professional experience included senior executive management positions at Veritude, a Fidelity Investments company, and CDI Corporation, a technical services consulting organization.
He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from Boston University and is the author of three books on the topic of sales.
Head, Strategic Innovation and Leadership Development
Evelyn Lager MBA’06 is responsible for developing custom solutions for Babson Executive Education’s corporate clients. As such, she works closely with corporate partners to identify the needs of the organization and build a Babson team to develop highly customized solutions. She has more than 10 years of experience in program design and account management. She was born and raised in Switzerland, and, before joining Babson, was a founding member of the Swissnex Science and Educational Consulate of Switzerland.
She has developed and implemented strategic activities and relations for entrepreneurs, scientists, academics, and business professionals. She is fluent in English, German, and French, and earned her bachelor’s degree in business from Boston College and her MBA from Babson College.
A custom program is a solution designed specifically for your organization. Rather than adapting a standard curriculum, we work with you to create a program that aligns with your business goals, leadership priorities, and organizational challenges.
Our programs are built for organizations of all sizes across industries. Whether you're developing emerging leaders, preparing senior executives, or aligning teams around a strategic initiative, we tailor each solution to your audience, objectives, and business context.
At Babson, customization goes beyond selecting courses or faculty. Every solution is built from the ground up through a collaborative discovery process that aligns learning with your organization's unique goals and challenges. Drawing on Babson's world-renowned faculty and practical, action-oriented approach, we create programs designed to drive meaningful business impact.
Open-enrollment programs bring together participants from many organizations around a shared topic. Custom programs are created exclusively for your organization, allowing us to focus on your priorities, business context, culture, and desired outcomes.
Solutions can address a wide range of business and leadership priorities, including:
Every engagement begins with understanding your goals. Through conversations with key stakeholders, we identify your organization's priorities, participant needs, and desired outcomes. From there, we design an experience that brings together the right faculty, curriculum, activities, and delivery format to support your objectives.
Programs can be delivered on Babson's campus, at your organization's location, online, or through a blended format that combines multiple experiences. Together, we'll determine the approach that best fits your audience and goals.
Program length varies based on your objectives. Some organizations choose an intensive experience, while others develop multi-module learning journeys that take place over several weeks or months.
Programs can be designed for a single leadership cohort or scaled across multiple teams and organizational levels. We'll work with you to determine the format and cohort size that best supports meaningful learning and engagement.
All solutions are led by Babson faculty recognized for their academic expertise and real-world experience. Depending on your objectives, programs may also include executive coaches, facilitators, or industry practitioners selected to complement the learning experience.
Yes. Participants who successfully complete your program receive a certificate from Babson Executive Education.
Success looks different for every organization. Together, we'll define desired outcomes and gather participant feedback throughout the engagement to evaluate the program's impact and identify opportunities for continued development.
It begins with a conversation. Our team will learn about your organization, leadership priorities, and business challenges before recommending an approach. From there, we'll collaborate with you to design a custom solution that meets your goals.
