Your Purpose
Your Purpose
JOIN A MOVEMENT OF BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS FOR A BETTER WORLD
We are confronting many pressing challenges today in desperate need of solutions: from climate change, to social and economic inequality, to issues of health and well-being.
We believe that the world needs a new generation of business professionals who carry with them a sense of responsibility to use their skills and energies to forge a new and better world. We call this Business with Purpose, and we’ve made it part of the DNA of business education at IE Business School.
- How do you define your purpose?
- How do you challenge yourself?
- What types of activities give you a sense of meaning?
- How aligned is your current career or career plan with your unique sense of purpose?
- How might you use your business skills to make a difference in some way that you care about?
In your educational journey at IE Business School, we will help you explore these questions and develop your own unique answers.
HOW MIGHT YOU DEVELOP YOUR PURPOSE AT IE BUSINESS SCHOOL?
CHOOSE A PURPOSE-DRIVEN CONCENTRATION OR CERTIFICATE
Merge knowledge with your unique passions to reach personal and professional goals.
CHOOSE TO CARRY OUT PURPOSE-BASED PROJECTS IN YOUR COURSES
Using your business skills with real purpose, making a lasting difference in shaping a better world.
ENGAGE IN EXTRACURRICULAR SOCIAL INNOVATION PROJECTS
Aimed at creating real-world impact through disruptive ideas.
PARTICIPATE IN CLUBS
Focused on sustainability, social entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion and many others.
JOIN PURPOSE-DRIVEN INTERNATIONAL IMMERSION EXPERIENCES AND EXCHANGES
Fostering global connections to build an invaluable network of peers worldwide.
EXPLORE YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPTIONS
In sustainability, social innovation or human development with our career discovery advisors
PURSUING BUSINESS WITH PURPOSE
#1 IN SUSTAINABILITY TEACHING
#1 IN SUSTAINABILITY TEACHING
The Financial Times just ranked our School 1st worldwide for the integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Net Zero teaching in our International MBA.
WE ARE CARBON NEUTRAL
WE ARE CARBON NEUTRAL
We were just ranked #2 worldwide in Carbon Footprint by the Financial Times for our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint. In fact, as of 2022, we are a carbon neutral Business School.
A conversation about purpose
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People and purpose: Becoming the next business leader
Managing diverse, decentralized environments will require individuals with a clear sense of where they are headed.
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated ongoing changes in the way businesses are organized, led and viewed. Effective business leaders will need not just a strong set of cross-disciplinary “hard” skills, but also the emotional ability to motivate diverse, multi-generational, decentralized teams made up of increasingly empowered individuals who seek not only financial rewards but also personal fulfillment through socially responsible work.
At the organizational level, disruptive technologies and a data-driven economy are changing the way many jobs are performed, prioritizing cognitive skills over mechanical ones, favoring speed and connectivity, and requiring “whole-system thinking.” Teams may include both in-person and stay-at-home workers, which means leaders must effectively communicate their values even to physically distant employees if they want to keep them engaged.
25/04/2022
