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Dr. Baozhong Su Cross-Registers at Harvard Business School
- 27 Feb 2020
Taking the LEAP into the Case Method
As a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, I cross-registered to take the course of Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) offered at HBS for MBA students last semester. I was familiar with the theory of leadership, and I also had many years of teaching experience on this subject, but finding an effective way of helping students learn and improve the skills of leadership in the class were still quite tough for me. [...]
There are several ways to switch careers, such as directly changing jobs or pursuing another advanced degree in a new field. Among the choices, an MBA is not a typical option for people with a technical background. I had very few friends and colleagues who had gone the MBA path, and yet, the more I talked to those friends, the more I realized that an MBA was the perfect fit for me as a next step. [...]