I’ll admit it took me over a year to work up the courage to sign up for this training. It is totally out of my comfort zone, representing a perfect example of why I applied to the MBA program: to “dive head-first” into the unknown, the ambiguous and the uncomfortable, in order to grow personally and professionally.
On an early morning in late October, several students, faculty and staff gathered in the cold and rain to put their leadership skills to the test. However, the inclement weather was not going to hinder our successful completion of the 15th Leader’s Reaction Course.
Entrepreneurial empowerment takes on a breadth and depth unknown to me in any other context. This El Salvador Executive MBA trip was an amazing experience from beginning to end, enabling students and alumni the opportunity to experience social enterprise in an emerging market context with the political, historical, social and cultural layers unique to El Salvador’s rich history.
If you told me prior to enrollment at the Goizueta Business School, that I’d graduate with approximately 50 new, quality friendships, I would not have taken you seriously.
Tiffany Willis saw the writing on the wall. She had plenty of corporate experience in accounting, auditing and consulting but knew she would need more if she hoped to lead a team: Job listings for positions she wanted said “MBA preferred.”
During our MBA for Executives program, we have the opportunity to listen and interact with Emory alumni that serve in key leadership positions.
When is the perfect time to just go for it and get an MBA? This is the ultimate question. Well, after having jumped in a couple of years ago and now being at a place where I can see the finish line, I can confidently say that I have THE answer for you.
Submitted by MAJ Paul Lowman (Marines), second semester student in the Weekend Executive MBA program and one of Goizueta’s Fort Benning Fellows. Fall 2016 was a real eye-opener. The WEMBA program has the same number of class hours and academic requirements as other programs so the learning curve is steep...