7 Ways To Personalize Your Queen's MBA

Queen's Executive MBA is a unique, transformational experience. Beyond its leading-edge curriculum and innovative approaches to learning, it is the only Executive MBA in Canada that can be personalized around your individual strengths and aspirations.

1.  Personal Development Coaching

The Queen’s approach to personal development begins with a sophisticated Personal Assessment tool that enables you to identify your individual strengths and weaknesses. You will then work one-on-one with an experienced Personal Development Coach to better understand, maximize, and capitalize on your strengths. Our approach is based on the belief that peak performance can best be achieved by focusing on strengths rather than weaknesses.

2.  Strategic Electives

During the final module of the program, you are given the opportunity to choose one of three strategic electives, with the goal of deepening your understanding of the area that most closely aligns with your career aspirations.
The three strategic electives are:

• Financial Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Project Management

3.  Major Projects

Queen’s Executive MBA includes two major projects, both of which provide additional
opportunities to customize your MBA experience. The first major project is an individual
project. For this you may choose between a New Venture Project, which involves the
creation of a business case and comprehensive business plan for a new stand-alone business,
or a new line of business within an existing organization, or a Management Consulting
Project, which involves analyzing a business challenge or opportunity and developing
a comprehensive set of recommendations and implementation plans to address it.

The second major project is the Global Business Project. This is a team project that
provides you and your team the opportunity to travel to an international destination
of your choosing to complete an analysis and plan for a real-world international
business opportunity.

4.  Optional International Study Trip

You will have the opportunity to participate in a one-week course in International Business Management through one of our international business school partners. In the past, options have included IPADE (Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa) in Mexico City, and CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) in Shanghai, China. In addition to academic content, the international study trip includes field visits to local companies.

5.  Fit To Lead

In today's hectic world, it is easy to forget that your ability to manage and lead can be greatly influenced by your health and wellness. That's why Queen's offers Fit To Lead, an optional program that recognizes and promotes mental, emotional and physical wellness.

6.  CMA, CMC, and PMP Options

During the program you may also earn credits or exemptions toward a Certified Management Accountant designation (CMA), a Certified Management Consultant designation (CMC) and a Project Management Professional designation (PMP).  Please speak to an Application Advisor for more details.

7.  Career-Step® Program

In today’s competitive business environment, just having the right skills may not be enough. A key ingredient in the recipe for career success is focused, strategic career management. Queen’s School of Business has developed one of the most comprehensive approaches to career management available anywhere. This approach, called CareerStep,® provides one-on-one career coaching and an online suite of career management services that you may
complete at your own pace, according to your own goals.