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From Problem-Hunting to Capital: Why I Chose an MBA at Michigan Ross
This blog is sponsored by University of Michigan (Ross School of Business) Three years before I applied to business school, I was at a whiteboard at PwC, running an innovation workshop for a group of tax strategy partners. Their practice was growing fast and the work behind it was manual and impossible to scale. My […]
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Not sure you’re ready for an Executive MBA? 4 signs you are.
This blog is sponsored by Johns Hopkins University (Carey Business School) Elizabeth Cherot had delivered thousands of babies before she ever built a spreadsheet. She was a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist—busy, established, and increasingly aware that the decisions shaping patient care were being made in rooms she was not in. So she enrolled at Johns Hopkins Carey […]
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Are you getting helpful feedback?
Dear Corporate Girlies, Before Amazon started using AI to summarize reviews, it used to feature a “Most Helpful Favorable Review” and a “Most Helpful Negative Review” prominently on product pages. Do you know what these helpful reviews had in common? They were specific. The review is supposed to do more than tell us if someone […]
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The Expectations You Didn’t Know You Had
My sister was going through old emails this week and sent me something I wrote in 2013. I had absolutely no memory of it. Apparently, I used to write a blog for my colleagues when I worked at GMAC. Once she sent it to me, I started to vaguely remember writing some of them. […]
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You Know It’s Time For Some Executive Education When…
Executive MBA programs provide a compelling alternative to full-time MBA programs.
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Is an MBA Right For You?
Deciding to pursue an MBA is not a decision to be taken lightly.
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Four Ways to Optimize a Part-Time MBA
Making the decision to pursue an MBA may appear to be the most challenging hurdle to pursuing the next stage of your professional development. Do you leave your job (even if you hate it), or try push yourself through scheduling hell by working and studying? How do weddings or babies factor in to the picture?
