Center for Executive Leadership - Innovations & Entrepreneurship
A RUTHERFORD Cable program
in conjunction with the Middle Tennessee State University Jennings A. Jones College of Business and University Honors College.
Underwritten by
What is the Leadership Academy?
For? Leaders ready to take their skills and talents to the next level through higher-level coursework, challenging classroom discussion, focused reading materials
Week 1-Nature Of Entrepreneurship – January 10, 2019
Week 2-Nature of Entrepreneurship (continued) – January 17, 2019
Week 3-The Entrepreneurial Mindset- January 24, 2019
Week 4-Corporate Innovators – January 31, 2019
Week 5-The Entrepreneur’s Identity and Social/Human Capital – February 7, 2019
Week 6-Women & Minority Entrepreneurs/Diversity – February 12, 2019
Week 7-Social Entrepreneurs/Microenterprises – February 21, 2019
Week 8- Finding and Leveraging Local Resources – February 28, 2019
*Phase 2- Weeks 9 & 10 (Optional One-on-One Coaching): March 7 and 14, 2019
- Business Plan Development
- Design Thinking
Assistant Professor, Kristen Shanine, has a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Alabama and an M.B.A. from Bradley University. She currently teaches Introduction to Entrepreneurship at MTSU, and her primary research applies theory from psychology and sociology to family business in an effort to better understand the family factors that influence succession failure. She also researches gender issues in entrepreneurship. She has recent publications in the Academy of Management Annals, Human Resource Management Review, and Journal of Small Business Management. Additionally, she’s the internship coordinator for the Department of Management and the chair of MTSU’s chapter of Sigma Nu Tau (Entrepreneurship Honor Society).
Please Note: Subject to Change