Two-Year MBA: How We Develop Leaders
Competence
- Do you have the relevant knowledge and required skills?
- Will your abilities and actions inspire trust and confidence?
Character
- Are your values clear to yourself and to others?
- Do you live your espoused values?
- Do you stand on principle?
Compassion
- Do you show individualized concern for those you lead?
- Do you practice inclusive leadership?
Courage
- Will you speak up?
- Will you stand alone?
- Will you do what is right, rather than what is easy?
We achieve this through a continuous, reinforcing cycle of instruction, experience, and review:
Instruction
The “Instruction” part of our learning cycle includes:
- A leadership faculty engaged in first-rate scholarship
- Diverse leadership coursework offerings
- Targeted supplemental leadership workshops
Experience
- First-semester leadership opportunities through the Johnson Core Team Practicum and the Johnson Outdoor Experience
- Hands-on leadership workshops where you are able to put principles into action
- Leadership Expeditions that allow you to dig in, full-time, to your leadership development
- The opportunity to lead one of 70+ student organizations
- Other unique opportunities to lead, including the Johnson Leadership Fellows program and the Johnson Board Fellowship program
Review
Our leadership program demands introspection. “Review” is about:
- Soliciting and giving feedback
- Reflecting on your actions
- Having opportunities for leadership coaching
Reflection begins right away when you come to Johnson for your MBA. Students take the Johnson 360 Leadership Assessment before they matriculate. The multi-rater instrument allows for a variety of feedback voices, giving students a way to define areas of strength and opportunities for further development so you can maximize your time at Johnson. All students have the opportunity to review their reports and to receive coaching as they work on their personal leadership development plans.
If you are ready to:
- learn more about yourself;
- practice leading teams under pressure and with real consequences;
- receive meaningful feedback on your leadership; and,
- use that feedback to become a more effective leader, then…
…you have found the right place for your MBA.