Last week, hundreds of first-year and second-year students traversed the globe as part of KWEST: Kellogg Worldwide Experience and Service Trip. Kyle Burr, one of the student-run KWEST executive committee members, wrote about the KWEST experience in the run up to this year’s trip.
As Kellogg’s first-year students continue their Complete Immersion in Management (CIM) week, take a look back at some of the photo highlights from their trips as part of Throwback Thursday.
Global Network Week offers students a valuable opportunity to work with fellow peers from around the world. But what happens when you put them head-to-head, with each side confronting an organizational issue from a different angle? The answer, according to Greg Hanifee, associate dean of the Kellogg Executive MBA Global Network, is the perfect cross-cultural experience… Continue reading
Gil Penchina has failed in epic fashion, and not just once.
“This is the life of an entrepreneur,” Penchina ’97 told the incoming Class of 2017 during the second day of the school’s Complete Immersion in Management (CIM) Week. “Silicon Valley is a town full of people who are failing all the time.”
Kellogg’s Complete Immersion in Management (CIM) Week kicked off Aug. 31 as the school welcomed the Class of 2017.
During her welcome address on Monday, Dean Sally Blount ’92 posited the question, “Why do you need an MBA?” To her, the answer is obvious and inspiring.
We are thrilled to welcome the Class of 2017 to campus today, and data from the incoming class of students indicates that Kellogg’s community is about to reach a new level of diversity and intellectual merit.
Within the Class of 2017, a record-breaking 43 percent of students are women — representing a 5 percent increase over last year (and a significant change from the 29% women when I was at Kellogg in 2003!). This class includes representation from more than 50 different citizenships and cultural backgrounds. At the same time, the average GMAT score of incoming students was 724, an all-time high. From all angles, this is a stellar class!
Social Impact is a process. And it actually doesn’t start with finding the solution.
Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in Kellogg’s Social Impact Days, a pre-term event that brought together nearly 100 first-year Kellogg students who share social innovation interests and are passionate about positively impacting the world. We were divided into 15 groups and had one and a half days to develop viable and impactful ideas that spanned topics from healthcare and finance to education and travel.
Talks by influential founders and leaders of the social impact space equipped us with the tools to come up with a great idea and a convincing pitch.
Solving the world’s social problems involve simple but powerful ideas:
by Dr. Kathryn D. Bass, M.D. A few years ago, my oldest son was appalled to learn that after 15 years of practice, I was making the same salary as more junior male surgeons who had significantly less experience. As I thought about his reaction, I realized that I was a part of the problem. I had… Continue reading
Shannon Holly knew she wanted an MBA to advance her professional development, but she didn’t want to commit the time to a two-year program. That’s when she discovered Kellogg’s Full-Time One-Year MBA Program.
Instantly, she was hooked.
Fernando Diaz, Edgar Delgado and Karlo Young were all recently honored in DiversityMBA’s Top 100 Under 50 Executive & Emerging Leaders. The Top 100 Under 50 is DiversityMBA Magazine’s spotlight on diverse entrepreneurs and leaders from Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit agencies. The honorees were chosen from a pool of 300 nominees.
Incentives drive behavior. Our “Leadership in Organizations” professor repeatedly stated that incentives are among the strongest levers to changing culture.
As we discussed incentive systems, we discussed the issues with the traditional tier-based evaluation systems.
Most companies have some variant of a system that grades people above or below target/expectations relative to their peers. We discussed a couple of issues with this:
As part of my summer internship with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), I recently attended BCG’s 2015 Northeast Women’s Initiative Conference in NYC. The day was geared specifically toward associates, consultants and women like me who are spending a summer interning with the firm.
For most Executive MBA students, a global experience means an extended stay with your cohort in another part of the world. While there can be value in the bonding that occurs on those global trips, the interactivity with local professionals is often limited to site visits and guest speakers. But at Kellogg, all students are… Continue reading
