The New Entrepreneurial Leader Developing Leaders Who Shape Social and Economic Opportunity

In years past, the keywords for entrepreneurs were confidence, single-minded purpose, and charge-ahead thinking. But in our vastly more complex globalized, networked, post-crash world this isn#x19;t enough. This game-changing book details a new approach-Entrepreneurial Thought and Action"-developed at Babson College, the world#x19;s number one school for entrepreneurship. Leaders today must be "cognitively ambidextrous," able to shift between analytic and action-oriented approaches-and they must know when and how to take action even when all the variables aren#x19;t clear. They need to look beyond the traditional balance sheet, creating social, environmental and economic value. And they have to have a deep awareness of how their decisions are impacted by who they are-their values, biases, background and capabilities-as well as the social and cultural context in which they operate. Greenberg, McKone-Sweet and Wilson, along with some of the top faculty at Babson, outline Entrepreneurial Thought and Action" in detail, explaining precisely how educators can help their students build these three core competencies, and offering existing and aspiring leaders a new approach, solidly based in the latest research, for coping with the demands and uncertainties of the modern world.

Danna Greenberg is associate professor of management at Babson College, where she holds the Mandell Family Term Chair.
Kate McKone-Sweet is associate professor of operations management at Babson College and chair of the Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division.
H. James Wilson is a senior researcher and writer at Babson Executive Education.

Foreword
Chapter 1: Entrepreneurial Leadership: Shaping Social and Economic Opportunity

Part I: A New Way of Thinking and Acting: Developing Cognitive Ambidexterity
Chapter 1: Cognitive Ambidexterity: The Underlying Mental Model of the Entrepreneurial Leader--Heidi Neck
Chapter 2: Creation Logic in Innovation: From Action Learning to Expertise--Sebastian Fixson & Jay Rao
Chapter 3: Prediction Logic: Analytics for Entrepreneurial Thinking--Tom Davenport & Julian Lange

Part II: A New Worldview: Social, Environmental, and Economic Responsibility and Sustainability
Chapter 4: SEERS: Definging Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibility and Sustainability
Chapter 5: Beyond Green: Encouraging Students to Create a Simultaneity of Positive SEERS Outcomes--Toni Lester & Vikki L. Rodgers
Chapter 6: Sustainability Metrics: Has the Time Arrived for Accountants to Embrace SEERS Reporting?--Janice Bell, Virginia Soybel, & Robert Turner
Chapter 7: The Financial Challenge:Reconciling Social and Environmental Value with Shareholder Value--Richard Bliss

Part III: Self and Social Awareness to Guide Action
Chapter 8: Learning From and Leveraging Self-Awareness--James Hunt, Nan S. Langowitz, Keith Rollag, and Karen Hebert-Maccaro
Chapter 9: Fostering Entrepreneurial Leaders’ Social Awareness--Stephen Deets & Lisa DiCarlo
Chapter 10: Using Social Media Technology to Build and Engage Social Networks--PJ Guinan & Salvatore Parise

Part IV: Management Educators as Entrepreneurial Leaders
Chapter 11: A New Pedagogy for Teaching “Doing”: Preparing Entrepreneurial Leaders for Values-Driven Action
Chapter 12: Curriculum-Wide Change: Leading Initiatives to Develop Entrepreneurial Leaders
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors and Babson Faculty Contributors