Blog Entries tagged 'Career'

Choosing an MBA (I) - does the BRAND matter?

micheal.collins@colkum.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0100

We're kicking off this series of posts on choosing an MBA by addressing what is, from our perspective, one of the least well understood aspects of choosing an MBA, namely going for "ranking" or general school "brand".

Our view is that both these characteristics are NOT the top considerations for a person choosing their next steps in executive education, however we realise that they can be used as a metric for how the whole experience works out for you, depending [...]

Lifelong learning versus Lifechanging learning

micheal.collins@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

When people ask us for our opinions on which course to follow, we don't tell them straight away, of course we can't! Advising people on their career is a very serious business and requires a great deal of calmness and foresight.

We think it's important for you to ask yourself "what do I really want from my education?". One dimension to analyse along (there are several, and I'm sure we'll cover them all someday!) is the title to this blog entry : lifelong le [...]