Solutions for Companies

Success Stories

Babson Executive Education helps companies achieve their strategic business imperatives. Learn how organizations have partnered with us to:

Client: In an environment that was being driven by one disruptive technology after another, a global high tech company decided its managers and senior engineers needed to be more entrepreneurial and identify and execute on real opportunities.
Solution: Babson created an opportunity framework program for the company that identified, evaluated, and implemented new business opportunities. Participants applied to become part of this innovative program and were required to work on a viable business opportunity for the company over a 6-9 month period. To facilitate the global learning needs of the company and its participants, this program was delivered on four different continents.
Results: The program has paid for itself many times over through the commercialization of business opportunities that participants successfully developed during the program. In fact, there is a 60 percent success rate for new products and services launched as a result of this initiative.

Client: To thrive in an increasingly sophisticated and competitive global market, an international life sciences organization needed its frontline managers to gain a deeper understanding of its business dynamics.
Solution: Through a globally delivered program, we equipped the organization’s line managers with the strategy, financial management, and leadership skills they needed to drive improved performance – within and beyond their areas of responsibility.
Results: The company’s managers are now in a better position to foresee opportunities and challenges across the business, enabling the company to react quickly and effectively to marketplace changes.

Client: A mid-sized, growing technology company was competing against much larger, brand name technology companies. To survive and grow, the company knew it needed to ensure all of its leaders and employees were aligned around aggressive strategies.
Solution: Through action-learning experiences, high potential leaders learned how to quickly translate strategies into action plans that equipped their teams with the knowledge and skills they needed to achieve the company’s goals.
Results: The company’s leaders were able to immediately return to the office and implement strategic plans that had direct and timely impact on the company’s business.

Client: A large consumer products manufacturer realized it needed to ignite product innovation in its organization to effectively compete in a highly commoditized marketplace.
Solution: The company’s senior management team worked with us to deliver a coordinated development effort for all of its managers to gain the knowledge, skills, and motivation to challenge traditional thinking and convert obstacles into new product opportunities for growth and improved quality.
Results: In a short period of time, the management team was able to create and implement a vision for the company’s future that included strategic thinking and a culture that embraced ongoing development and continuous improvement.

Client: A financial services company wanted to broaden its opportunities through the acquisition of a smaller, more specialized firm. Months after the acquisition was complete, the company was having difficulty aligning strategic priorities, bridging company cultural differences, and retaining top talent from the acquired company.
Solution: Babson combined a consulting and education solution for the company that identified a vision that included both companies’ strategic competencies and resources, and cascaded alignment of that vision throughout the organization.
Results: The new company began to see itself as one entity and quickly moved employees past post-merger activities and toward achieving strategic goals. The shortened period of uncertainty ensured top talent not only stayed, but became critical drivers of the company’s future.