We talk a great deal about the advantages of gaining an MBA; how it will increase your salary, give you better career prospects and make you more employable. I had a conversation with a lecturer on an MBA program, and asked him what he thought the advantages that students gained from studying an MBA. His answer rather surprised me; he said that the major advantage that he had observed was that students gained confidence in themselves.
I questioned him further. Surely most MBA candidates had self confidence. He said that although this was true for some candidates, many were looking for ways to give themselves permission to ask for promotion or to be able to justify their applications for better jobs. Gaining an MBA meant that they had proof that they were capable of this kind of step in their career, and therefore they were able to present themselves well and to project their abilities.
# posted by Mary @ 5:27 PM
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