Discontinuous change is becoming the norm. This has consequences for how organisations are managed and led. Strategic entrepreneurship—the simultaneous practice of advantage-seeking behaviour and opportunity-seeking behaviour—has been proposed as a solution. But practice of strategic entrepreneurship confronts challenges requiring a special type of leadership for its successful implementation—entrepreneurial leadership. People who display such leadership behaviours are called entrepreneurial leaders. We know little about such individuals. We purposively studied three different types of organisations that renewed themselves under such leaders and inductively arrived at three unique mindsets—purpose-oriented, people-oriented and learning-oriented—which help us unpack one aspect of what makes a leader entrepreneurial. We contribute to the entrepreneurial leadership literature by contributing a more nuanced view to mindsets of such leaders which is an important cognitive filter. Our findings also contribute to the literature on strategic entrepreneurship by indicating how leaders with certain combination of mindsets are better at implementing renewal. We advance practice by enabling organisations better identify and develop mindsets among potential leaders who can take on entrepreneurial roles. Limitations and future research are discussed.

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企业家领袖的三个心态

不连续的变化正在成为常态。这对组织的管理和领导方式有影响。已经提出了战略企业家精神-寻求利益的行为和寻求机会的行为的同时实践-作为一种解决方案。但是，战略企业家精神的实践面临挑战，需要一种特殊类型的领导才能成功实施，即企业领导。表现出这种领导行为的人称为企业家领导。我们对这些人知之甚少。我们有目的地研究了三种不同类型的组织，这些组织在这样的领导者的领导下进行了自我更新，并归纳得出了三种独特的思维模式：以目的为导向，以人为本和以学习为导向。这有助于我们挖掘领导者成为企业家的一个方面。我们通过为这类领导者的心态提供更为细微的看法，从而为企业家领导文学做出了贡献，这是重要的认知过滤器。我们的发现还通过指出具有一定思维方式组合的领导者如何更好地实施更新，为战略企业家精神的文献做出了贡献。我们通过使组织能够更好地识别和发展可能担负起企业角色的领导者的思维方式来推进实践。局限性和未来的研究进行了讨论。我们通过使组织能够更好地识别和发展可能担负起企业角色的领导者的思维方式来推进实践。局限性和未来的研究进行了讨论。我们通过使组织能够更好地识别和发展可能担负起企业角色的领导者的思维方式来推进实践。局限性和未来的研究进行了讨论。