Firstly, let me just say that an MBA still remains at the pinnacle of any business qualification, for those looking for a senior management role, and certainly those who are doing the recruiting. However, it’s this status that regularly stops some people from undertaking it in the first place. I hear it everyday, “it will be too hard”, “too high level”  or “I won’t understand anything”. I had this conversation just recently with a potential student at an MBA information evening where despite his management experience, he still feared “being out of his depth” with an MBA.

While for some this may be the case, in my experience it is not always the content of an MBA or the experience of the student, but rather the time they either have or are prepared to put into it. Continue reading →