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Read MoreTopicsForté Fellow Spotlight: Trisha Fridrich
“Business school will be the most inspiring, challenging and brutal two years of your life. There is nothing that can prepare you for it, there is no way to explain it and there is no investment more valuable for your future.”
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Read MoreTopicsForté Fellow Spotlight: Connie Chai
“One of the most impactful pieces of advice I’ve received so far in business school is that the MBA should be a transformational experience, not a transactional experience. What does that mean? I think it means taking risks and challenging myself to “say yes” to classes or experiences that I would typically shy away from. It means being open-minded and present within and outside the MBA community. These two years in school are meant to grant me a safe space to grow as a leader so that I can make a bigger impact!”
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Read MoreTopicsCarolyn Miles – Save the Children: At the Helm of the World’s Top Independent Charity for Kids in Need
Carolyn Miles’ business background served her well in her transition to nonprofit management. Is her MBA experience applicable in a nonprofit environment? Carolyn thinks so.
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The Forté Foundation’s Elissa Ellis Sangster: Q&A – TopMBA.com
Last year, with new records set by Harvard Business School and Wharton for female MBA enrollment, and with HBS dean Nitin Nohria vowing to double the number of case studies featuring female protagonists in five years, forward momentum on b-school gender equity seemed to be very much in evidence. But with the entering class of […]
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Read MoreTopicsThe Changing MBA: How Tech And Entrepreneurship Are Reshaping Studies – Chicago Tribune
“Business school is all about constant change and improvement and response to the market,” said Elissa Sangster.
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Read MoreTopicsCreating Courage & Confidence: Your Competitive Differentiator Webinar
If you’ve ever said to yourself, “I wish I had the courage to…” this webinar is for you. Cindy Solomon is an internationally recognized author, speaker, consultant and entrepreneur who has some provocative, enlightening and often hilarious observations about courage and how we can build it in ourselves and in our teams and organizations.
 
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