Submitted by Grant McGarry, Army Veteran and WEMBA ’17 (This post relates to the MBA trip to Gettysburg and the Army War College, an optional leadership experience coordinated by LTG (Ret) Ken Keen, Associate Dean of Leadership Programs). As a Veteran the Gettysburg experience with the Army War College Foundation...
I don’t come from a military background; in fact, only one person in our intimate class of 66 does know what it’s like to be in the army. Therefore, it came as no surprise that on the day of our highly anticipated Fort Benning Leadership Academy Challenge, the idea of...
Coming into Goizueta this summer, we, the One Year 2017 MBA class were already aware of the great legacy of those that preceded us. This legacy starts with Roberto Goizueta himself, the legendary Coca Cola CEO who took an already established iconic global brand to new heights with new bottling...
I received an email a few months ago about participating in the Leadership Experience. Although I was skeptical about the applicability of military leadership concepts from a Civil War battle in 1863 to business leadership in the 21st century, my interest was piqued. Personally, I wanted to know more about...
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy What a difference a year makes. This time last year, I was just meeting my Leadership Coaching Fellow (LCF), a new position created as part of the Leadership curriculum at the Goizueta Business School. Each core team was...
04:45 – my alarm goes off Wait, it’s a Sunday. What is happening? It’s the Fort Benning Leadership Reaction Course Day. We have been talking about this day for weeks and it is finally here. I pull myself out of bed and stagger around to get ready. Sunblock, check. Eye...
“Welcome to Goizueta – meet your 61 new best friends!” accurately describes the whirlwind that was the first week of Onboarding for the 2016 One-Year MBA Class. The two week Onboarding experience was divided into a Community focused week followed by an Academics focused week. Amid the student and faculty...
Recently, MBA students from the Goizueta Business School had the opportunity to participate the Fort Benning Leader’s Reaction Course. At this course, students are divided into small teams and are given a short period of time to complete several distinct obstacles. Here, current student Dave Swirsky shares his perspective on the challenge and why it added value to his Emory experience.