Was talking last week to a good friend, who leads the Leadership Initiative at a large, really large pharma company. What does she find the #1 problem with graduates from MBA school?
Great at business skills. Lousy at behavioral skills. What does that mean?
It means that our Business Schools are doing a great job of educating grads on the technical competencies of business–but spend no time on how they behave in a way that inspires leadership, allows for innnovation, allows for great relationships. She said, “We need leaders who know how to bring the best out of people. And that takes post graduate training because they aren’t getting it in school.”
Principled Behavior for a Great Cause
We agree with that synopsis. Dov Seidman, the CEO of LRN and author of the book “How,” says, “There is nothing more powerful than inspirational leadership that unleashes principled behavior for a great cause.”
If someone were to assess your leadership skills, is that what they’d say?
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