making the best of your b-school years
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Making the best of your B-School years - some thoughts that I share with the incoming batch of B-School students at different institutesTRANSCRIPT
Interaction with the
incoming batch of
MBA Students
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Making the best use of
your 2 years at B- School
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YOU YOU YOU YOU ––––
THE PERSONTHE PERSONTHE PERSONTHE PERSON
YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR
CAPABILITIESCAPABILITIESCAPABILITIESCAPABILITIES
KnowledgeKnowledgeKnowledgeKnowledge
Hard SkillsHard SkillsHard SkillsHard Skills
CompetenceCompetenceCompetenceCompetence
ThoughtsThoughtsThoughtsThoughts
Soft SkillsSoft SkillsSoft SkillsSoft Skills
Self Self Self Self
ManagementManagementManagementManagement3
Learn from lectures
… and learn a lot more
from your peers4
Learn to present
your thoughts
… & not just make
good presentations 5
Learn to tap best
sources of knowledge
… & also to create
knowledge 6
Understand the essence
& use of jargons
… and learn not to
abuse them
Strategy
Core
Competence
Learning
Curve
Benchmark
Buy-In
Empower
Core
Values
Best
Practice
Burning
Platform
Scalable
Leverage
Think outside
the box 7
… & you would realize
how big the playground is8
Participate in
competitions & events
Read some of the
best books
… & learn about
thinking styles from
these great authors
Ram
Charan
Sam
Walton
Tom
Peters
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Understand the essence
of different frameworks
… & learn to put
situations in perspective10
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Learn to understand
complexities
… & learn to simplify
things
Invest time in
understanding businesses
… & learning about
their uniqueness 12
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Learn what successful businesses
have done differently
… and where many
others went wrong
Identify & nurture
your core interests &
strengths
… but develop a
general perspective 14
Become a good
communicator
… & remember
communicating is not
just speaking 15
Online networking
is important
… but human
networking is necessary16
Learn to identify the
choices & options
… and to take decisions17
Learn not just to
analyse cases(in
hindsight, it’s always
clear)
… but also to develop
your foresight 18
Understand business
management
… & understand
human management19
Focus on the dream
job
… but don’t lose focus on
improving employability20
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Identify your choices
… and be mature in
choosing
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Make friends
… and create networks
Learn
… & learn to Unlearn23
…make the best of your
MBA
with best wishes
Anirban MazumdarAssociate Director – Valcon Management Consultants
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