The Vision
The Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship envisions individuals and organizations which encourage and facilitate economic growth, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability throughout the world.

ILE's Guiding Principles and Beliefs

• Organizations and institutions can achieve economic success while contributing to just, caring and sustainable societies.

• The world needs organizations that understand their connection to the environment and are aware of the challenges facing other societies, cultures and future generations.

• Organizations have the opportunity to either be part of the problem or to contribute to the solutions.

• Successful organizations nurture the diversity of talent from within.

• Georgia Tech is comprised of people who take initiative and invest in securing their own futures.

• Values influence behavior. It is our obligation to help students question, evaluate and reflect on values without telling them what their values should be.

• Leadership is the capacity to influence others to achieve common goals, especially when they have the freedom not to follow.

• Entrepreneurship is the ability to recognize compelling opportunities and seize the resources to assume risk to transform opportunities into value for others.

ILE’s Core Values
Georgia Tech ILE believes in, encourages and supports values-based leadership. ILE upholds the following values:

• Excellence
• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Participants who Care
• Self- Awareness
• Synergy
• Systems Thinking

"Our goal is to be a catalyst for positive change. We want to motivate others to develop a sense of responsibility for enhancing their world."

- Terry Blum, Director, ILE at Georgia Tech

Strategic Objectives
• Implement Integrative Education and Learning
• Enhance Capacity of Higher Education
• Become a Convener for Collaborative Opportunities and Impact
• Generate Research, New Knowledge and Applications
• Achieve Operational Sustainability