Q&A with Miguel Louzan 17MEMBA
Working professionals talk ins and outs of getting an MBA and how Goizueta has helped them professionally.
Working professionals talk ins and outs of getting an MBA and how Goizueta has helped them professionally.
It’s been exactly one month since we started Term 1, and what a whirlwind it has been!
Working professionals talk ins and outs of getting an MBA and how Goizueta has helped them professionally.
This month, my assigned blog topic is “work-life balance.” I’ll confess up front that I cringe every time I hear that term.
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I used to think of networking as stressful and laborious. The vision conjured in my mind was of awkward encounters with strangers, inauthentic conversations, jockeying over others to get a handshake, and of “selling” yourself.
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Congratulations! You’ve been accepted and like most of us you’re thinking “now what?” Fret not, this feeling is mutual. As I prepare myself, the feedback from alumni plus many conversations with my family and friends have made me feel a little more prepared for the challenge of working, studying and maintaining somewhat of a life. But while I’m not truly sure what I’m getting myself into, these are the things that I plan on doing for the next couple of months until I start school and once I’m in my first term. Enjoy the free time: that blissful time...
The best thing about doing an Executive MBA is the opportunity to apply the learnings immediately in your workplace. Here are my top key learnings from Goizueta that I have recently applied to my life outside of school: Do three things brilliantly rather than 20 things reasonably – it can be easy to get involved in every project at work, constantly multitasking and trying to complete 20 projects at once. However, we have been taught at Goizueta about the great value of focusing on a smaller number of tasks and doing them exceptionally. Completely immerse yourself in the problem,...