Dr. Ronald A. Styron, Jr. is currently the Quality Enhancement Plan Director and Professor of Leadership and Teacher Education at the University of South Alabama. He has received numerous awards including Principal of the Year, Louisiana PTA Educator of Distinction and several outstanding conference research paper awards. He has received over $3 million in grant awards and has a proven record of publications with 35 refereed articles, a book chapter, and a series of administrator-training manuals. He has also conducted over 90 professional research presentations and 50 speaking engagements.

Dr. Jennifer Styron is an assistant professor at the University of South Alabama. USA, College of Nursing and a Former Research Specialist and Distance Education Coordinator at The University of Southern Mississippi, USA. She has been teaching especially in courses of “Advanced Nursing Research”

She is affiliated to:


American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS)
Mid-South Educational Research Association
Society of International Chinese in Educational Technology
Team-Based Learning Collaborative
Transcultural Nursing Society

Her Research and Areas of Interests are the following


Nursing Education
Instructional Technology and Design
Electronic Health Record Adoption and Use
Team-Based Learning
Cyberbullying
Interprofessional Education

This paper includes a description of the unique set of attributes associated with entrepreneurial leaders including their ability to embrace change, take risks, and identify opportunities for personal and professional growth. The importance of organizational creativity and innovation, and strategies for leaders to develop those qualities in members of their organization is also discussed. Furthermore, model entrepreneurial programs based on 1) the advancement of student innovation and entrepreneurialism, 2) faculty innovation and entrepreneurialism through financial incentives, sabbaticals, and recognition, 3) university-industry collaboration, 4) strong linkages between regional and local economic development efforts, and 5) the creation of university and industry consortiums are provided as exemplars. The conclusion section contains recommendations for university leaders pertaining to personalized leadership approaches attained by blending various leadership styles with democratic practices constructed around the tenets of entrepreneurial leadership.