A unique, immersive, online experience that is challenging and action orientated.
Blending the knowledge and experience drawn from a cohort of selected peers, with facilitated discussion led by Entrepreneurial Scotland, the catalyst turns entrepreneurial thought stimulated by Babson College - the number 1 school for entrepreneurship in the world for the past 25 years - into action over a 12 month period.
Babson College sets high expectations for participant engagement. Its faculty of entrepreneurs draw from personal experience and have a keen understanding of current affairs and global markets.
- Accelerate your ability to turn entrepreneurial thinking into your action
- Develop a global perspective from a diverse cohort of Saltire Leaders
- Introduce perspectives and ideas that stimulate new thinking
- Expand your leadership capability to align with the pace of growth in your business
- Unlock the potential in your team through the applications of lessons learned
The catalysts will be delivered in both online and virtual formats where you will learn the fundamental concepts, methods, and tools of innovation and growth, conscious and/or resilient leadership. These programmes will give you the tools and roadmap you need to facilitate and implement these evolving ideas and make them permanent.
The programmes put you outside your comfort zone and enable you to learn from some of the best entrepreneurial leaders as well as the people on your cohort.
March 2021 - March 2022
(Babson Content: Mar 9 - Mar 25, 2021)
Innovate in a Dynamic Market
History shows that crises and economic downturns are fertile grounds for creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial leadership. Some of the greatest firms were born out of hardship or crisis. Innovative firms and entrepreneurial leaders become resourceful and overcome daunting challenges during downturns. They do more than just survive—they create something new, and thrive in the inevitable turnaround. This programme will help leaders enhance their innovation efforts to change their competitive game in the market—short and long term—by learning innovation principles, methods, and tools.
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Who Should Attend
This programme is for senior leaders and managers who are in a position to impact innovation initiatives at their company.
What You Will Learn
In this online course, you will learn the fundamental concepts, methods, and tools of innovation. The programme includes live webinars, group discussion, and independent assignments. Materials such as case studies, articles, videos, and presentations will be used.
Topics include:
Faculty
This programme is led by Babson College Professor Jay Rao, who teaches extensively for Babson Executive Education. He teaches and consults in the areas of innovation, how firms can implement innovation initiatives, corporate entrepreneurship, and customer experience innovation.
Programme Cost:
£2,950 per participant
June 2021 – June 2022
(Babson Content: Jun 8 to Jun 29 2021)
What Will You Learn?
The Saltire Leaders Catalysts has been designed in an online and virtual format where you will learn the fundamental concepts, methods, and tools of Conscious Leadership. Understand the new requirements for effective leadership in the age of Conscious Capitalism and the path to authentic leadership.
Join a cohort of up to 12 leaders, to envision a new future and reflect on your role as a purposeful leader. The organic nature of this catalyst has never been so sought-after or timely. It will give you the tools and road-map you need to become a more self-aware, conscious leader, who is able to adapt your leadership approach to the changing world we live in. Challenge and be challenged within a group of trusted peers whilst increasing your own personal 'leadership capital' at a time in which your impact as a leader is more important than ever.
Programme Overview:
Who Should Attend?
This twelve-month programme is designed for inspirational directors and senior management with a minimum of 3 years senior management experience.
Faculty
The programme will begin with the global context set through Babson College webinars led by Professor Raj Sisodia, before ES coaches facilitate further discussion and insight to draw out Saltire Leader perspectives. Professor Sisodia is a founder and leader of the global Conscious Capitalism movement, author of numerous books on the topic including The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World.
Programme Cost:
June 2021 - June 2022
(Babson Content: Jun 17 to Jul 6 2021)
Navigate Uncertainty with Resilience
Uncertainty is a big part of life, now more than ever. When careers and current events take unpredictable turns, it’s important to meet the moment with grit and flexibility. We call this resilience, and it’s what keeps us moving forward even though our work and personal lives are colliding in new ways, and the future is unknown. This programme will help you crystalize your definition of resilience, integrate it into your entrepreneurial leadership style, and transform your team’s culture so it can thrive.
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Who Should Attend
This programme is for working professionals at any level who are working in complex, dynamic organizations, including well-established firms, as well as companies that are starting or growing.
What You Will Learn
In this online course, you will learn the fundamental concepts, methods, and tools of resilient leadership. The programme includes live webinars led by faculty and online sessions you will complete individually. Program,me materials include individual assignments, group work, discussion boards, optional office hours, and readings that will help you and teams you work with become more resilient
Faculty
This program is led by Babson College Associate Professor Scott Taylor and University of New Hampshire Associate Professor Vanessa Druskat.
Award-winning researcher and professor, Taylor studies the various approaches organizations use to assess and develop their leaders, evaluates the effectiveness of those approaches, and develops new approaches to improve leader assessment and development. Taylor has taught and consulted for executives and working professionals from leading organizations around the world. His research has been featured in a number of publications including Harvard Business Review, MSNBC, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The Wall Street Journal blog.
Druskat is an associate professor of organisational behavior at the Peter T. Paul College of Business & Economics at the University of New Hampshire. Internationally recognized as an expert on the role of emotion and emotional intelligence in effective leadership and team performance, she is an award-winning teacher and researcher who has authored and co-authored over three dozen research articles.
Programme Cost:
£2,950 per participant
Aug 2021 – Sept 2022
(Babson Content: Sept 7 to Sept 21 2021)
What Will You Learn?
This entrepreneurial leadership professional development course provides an introduction to corporate culture building that will take your team to the next level. During this team building program, explore how to develop an innovation culture and team of entrepreneurial leaders within your organisation. Then, discover the characteristics and actions that make successful entrepreneurial leaders stand out from the pack.
Session topics include:
Who Should Attend?
This entrepreneurial leadership team building program is well suited for both leaders with direct reports and those who are individual contributors. Participants from any function and company stage or type (startup to large enterprise, private and public sector) will benefit from this entrepreneurial leadership team building course.
Faculty
This program is led by Babson College Professor Jay Rao, who teaches extensively for Babson Executive Education. He teaches and consults in the areas of innovation, how firms can implement innovation initiatives, corporate entrepreneurship, and customer experience innovation.