MBA and B-School Scholarship Fund
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If you have demonstrated leadership, and are on your way to business school to earn a Master’s level degree, you may be eligible for a financial award.
According to leadership guru Peter Bregman*, leaders are:
* Harvard Business Review, July 29, 2013
Simply put, leaders need to be good at what they do. Smart, prepared, and well-informed, they need to engage in conversations with curiosity and capability. But to be on a team, they need to go beyond that. They need to be gifted communicators and gifted learners, mastering conflict without being offensive, and adapting to their own changing roles as the organization grows.
They need to have the courage to take risks. To be vulnerable and open to challenge and criticism, they need to be willing to consider anything. This requires a tremendous amount of confidence. The kind of confidence that allows them to be questioned by others — even take blame and feel threatened — without becoming defensive.
They need to put the good of the company above their own department, team, or agenda. They must be good-hearted, mutually respectful, and gracious, resisting the urge to dominate, take the upper hand, or shine at the expense of others. Part of being generous with others also means taking an interest in, learning about, and offering opinions regarding the other team members’ functions.
Are you considering pursuing an Executive MBA, and don’t know where to begin? Are you confused by the various programs and wondering which ones are right for you?
The 200+ members of the Executive MBA Council offer 300+ EMBA programs, which can be quite different from each other.
On our information site executivemba.co, you will find valuable information on how to think about the Executive MBA, whether it suits your position, and even comparative information on various high profile programs.