The course strengthens emotional and social competence, helping leaders build self-awareness, empathy, and effective interpersonal influence.

Participants create a personal leadership development plan to guide continued growth beyond the course. This leadership development plan helps learners translate insight into sustained leadership and behavioral change. These adaptive leadership skills help leaders remain effective in dynamic, unpredictable environments.

You will learn to:

• Learn and understand what constitutes effective entrepreneurial leadership
• Explore the nature of entrepreneurial leadership principles, and practice and apply them to improve influencing, thinking, problem solving, and decision making
• Practice influence without authority to build momentum and drive change across teams and organizations
• Appreciate why entrepreneurial leaders are needed at all levels in organizations and how they effectively influence, regardless of their position in the organization
• Create a plan for your personal leader development as an initial step in developing your own entrepreneurial leader capability
• Increase your confidence and your impact and influence as an entrepreneurial leader in whatever area you decide to practice leader behavior

Questions you will explore include:

How Can You Lead Without Formal Authority?

Leading without authority requires building trust and influencing others through relationships rather than hierarchy—skills central to entrepreneurial leadership.

What Is Entrepreneurial Leadership?

Entrepreneurial leadership is a people‑centered approach to leadership that focuses on turning uncertainty into opportunity. Rather than relying on hierarchy, entrepreneurial leaders mobilize others through trust, experimentation, and adaptability to create economic and social value.

How to Influence Without Authority

To influence without authority, leaders rely on relationships and credibility rather than formal power. By building trust, individuals can drive progress even when they lack positional control.

What Are Adaptive Leadership Skills?

Adaptive leadership skills are the capabilities that enable entrepreneurial leaders to guide people through uncertainty when there are no clear or proven solutions. For entrepreneurial leaders, these skills include experimenting with new approaches, pivoting quickly, managing pressure and ambiguity, and mobilizing others to take action with available resources.

• Aspiring entrepreneurs with a new venture entrepreneurship idea
• Entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level
• Executives looking to grow their entrepreneurial mindset to innovate in their current role
• Managers eager to foster an entrepreneurial and impactful environment within an organization
• Professionals looking to expand their skill set across industries and functionalities

• Recognition and Credentialing: A digital badge that serves as verifiable proof of learning and achievement, which can be displayed on platforms such as LinkedIn and included on your resume and portfolio
• Course Content and Learning Outcomes: You gain industry-relevant knowledge, practical skills, and frameworks designed for professionals seeking career advancement or specialization
• Expert Instruction: Experienced faculty, industry leaders, and professionals with real-world expertise teach our courses
• Flexibility: Our self-paced digital badge allows flexibility for busy professionals
• Networking Opportunities: You gain access to a network of peers, alumni, and industry professionals
• Assessments and Engagement: To earn a badge for this course, you must complete assignments, quizzes, case studies, and/or interactive projects

Earn a digital leadership badge that verifies your learning and demonstrates your entrepreneurial leadership capability on platforms like LinkedIn.

Upon completion of this course, you will earn a digital badge.