Entrepreneurial Leadership
Business, Leadership & Management
Course overview
We are operating in a time of unprecedented change in technology, sustainability, socio-political climate and shifting employee attitudes towards work. As businesses adapt, so too do leadership priorities with a renewed focus on analysing and mitigating risks, protection and consistency over innovation & progress.
24 June 2026 - 26 June 2026
Places: Available
Delivery mode: In person
Application deadline: 08 June 2026
Places: Available
Course features
Perfect for those looking to develop into an innovative leader, this course will provide you with the toolkit and abilities needed to take an entrepreneurial viewpoint when looking at your organisation and role. You’ll be equipped to efficiently navigate uncertainty, stay at the forefront of your sector and maintain an engaged and motivated workforce.
| Day 1 |
The first day will begin with an introduction to the 7 Skills of an Entrepreneurial Mindset framework and its connection to usefulness in a leadership context. You’ll take a deep dive into the skillset for Disruptive Thinking and Building Effective Entrepreneurial Teams, looking at the latest research on the Neuroscience of Entrepreneurship. These skills will then be applied in an immersive mini hackathon exercise where you’ll work in teams to respond creatively to a problem-based case study. |
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| Day 2 |
On the second day, you’ll deep dive into the skills of Validate and Think Lean. This focuses on how to keep entrepreneurial experimentation alive within organisations of all sizes and will include tools such as the Business Model Canvas, Customer Personas and Assumption Matrixing. Following this, we’ll conduct site visits to entrepreneurial hotspots around London to hear from entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial leaders on how they apply different skills in their unique contexts. |
| Day 3 |
Focusing on the skills of Compel, Get It Done and Commit to Growth, this final day will look at your personal role as a leader and how you embody an entrepreneurial mindset, as well as how you encourage others in your organisation to follow suit. Topics will include forming compelling value propositions statements, value led leadership, motivation theory and practice, understanding vanity metrics and organisational growth mindset. You’ll finish by creating an individual Entrepreneurship Leadership action plan that you can immediately implement in your role. |
Our expertise
King’s proprietary framework ‘The 7 Skills of an Entrepreneurial Mindset’ was developed by Rachel Stockey, Head of Skills at the King's Entrepreneurship Institute (EI), who will be leading this programme. Rachel and the EI are recognised nationally and internationally as leaders in this field.
Entry requirements
This programme is designed for those looking to bring an entrepreneurial mindset into their organisation, department or team. This may include, but is not limited to:
- C-Suite and senior leaders in organisations.
- Those who lead large teams and have influence over large areas of strategy.
- Prospective entrepreneurs who want to develop and build their own business or venture.
Further information
On completing this programme, participants will be able to:
- Describe the components of Entrepreneurial Mindset and be able to differentiate between Entrepreneurial Leadership and more traditional leadership practices.
- Evaluate the diversity of your own company and personal networks, identifying gaps and building plans to address these.
- Identify and audit the assumptions currently being used within your own company, identifying gaps that can be experimented on to make informed business and leadership decisions.
- Formulate compelling value propositions that can be used to bring a wide range of stakeholders on board.
- Evaluate the degree to which your leadership style is currently in line with your personal values.
- Explain the ingredients of motivated, engaged teams, auditing your current circumstances against these for strengthened team motivation and engagements.
Credit value:
Not for credit
Duration:
3 days
Who will I be taught by
Head of Skills
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