The role of entrepreneurial leadership in achieving strategic excellence an analytical study of the opinions of a sample of college council members at private universities in the Erbil city

The research aims to determine the availability of the dimensions of entrepreneurial leadership and the dimensions of strategic excellence from the point of view of a sample of members of college councils in private universities in the Erbil city, in addition to analyzing the relationship and impact of entrepreneurial leadership represented by its dimensions (Creativity, risk taking, proactiveness, independence) in the dimensions of strategic excellence represented by (Leadership excellence, individual excellence, cultural excellence, service excellence). The general framework of the research was represented in the research problem, which was defined by raising several questions about the nature of the relationship and influence between the independent variable (entrepreneurial leadership) and the dependent variable (strategic excellence). For this purpose, a hypothetical chart was designed that expresses three main hypotheses, and to ensure their validity, they were subjected to multiple statistical tests. The questionnaire was used as a means of obtaining data. The research adopted the descriptive analytical method, where the main and sub-variables were described, to analyze the relationships and influence between the two variables. The research population was represented by all members of the college councils in the private university colleges in the Erbil city, whose number was determined according to the data and statistics of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and their number reached (117), and (58) members were chosen from them to represent the research sample. The hypotheses were tested through a set of analyzes and statistical tests using the computer program (SPSS Ver.26). The research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is the existence of positive ethical relationships at a high level between the dimensions of entrepreneurial leadership and strategic excellence at the macro and micro levels. This confirms the benefit of colleges in private universities from employing the dimensions of entrepreneurial leadership in adopting the dimensions of strategic excellence, in addition to the presence of a positive effect on statistically significant levels of the entrepreneurial leadership variable in the strategic excellence variable, according to what was produced by the analysis indicators at the macro and micro levels. The research presented a set of proposals, the most important of which is the necessity of investing in the strong relationship between the two variables and directing this relationship towards serving the colleges under research.