Benefits of an Executive MBA or PGPM for Working Professionals

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3 Dec 2020

The Benefits of an Executive MBA or PGPM for Working Professionals
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Building a strong professional network, enhancing key knowledge and skills, learning self-leadership, and accelerating career growth are four big reasons why ambitious people choose to go to business school. Professionals working in managerial roles and aspiring to advance their career to senior leadership roles or C-suite take up advanced courses such as Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) or a One-year MBA to provide an edge to their career.

With time being such a valuable asset in our lives, people are reluctant to take time away from work and family to pursue traditional full-time MBA courses with theoretical learning and less practical exposure. This is another reason why working professionals choose an Executive MBA for advancing their careers.

What is an Executive MBA (EMBA) or a Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM)?

EMBA or PGPM is a fast-track full time MBA program that prepares mid-level executives to take up senior positions in an organization while developing the person through experiential learning, real-life case studies, workshops, and more practical learning. It takes just one year to complete as compared to two years of a traditional MBA degree.

The curriculum is specifically designed to impart education in such a way that the students can prepare themselves to solve complex business problems, lead a team of diverse personas having unique capabilities, handle immense organizational pressure, and emerge a true leader who can be a mentor to others.

When is a Good Time to Enroll in a PGPM Program?

Learning never stops. Executives might have scaled the ladder of success and feel confident about their position at the workplace. However, there comes a time when they experience stagnancy, and it is the time when most of them feel the need for an executive MBA or a one-year PGPM program.

Or in the past, one might have taken up a job after your graduation but regret not doing an MBA that could have opened new avenues in one’s career. No problem, an Executive MBA, or a one-year PGPM program will have you covered. Working professionals can get enrolled in such accelerated programs offered at top B Schools in India and improve their management skills, leadership skills, decision-making abilities, problem-solving skills, and transform their career through experiential learning.

These programs can position you for promotion, especially for careers in marketing, finance, analytics, and human resources. A well-regarded and rigorous one-year MBA program will not only sharpen your skills and look good on your CV, but it will also boost your career giving you more opportunities.

Once you get enrolled in a PGPM or EMBA course, you will start reaping the following benefits:

1. Your Professional Network with Expand

Students come from a diverse range of industries. Building a strong network of peers from different industries is regarded as a key to success in this unpredictable job market. The people you will meet during the course will prove invaluable as mentors, friends, and companions. They will have varied professional skills allowing you to benefit from their unique perspectives and expertise.

You may find yourself learning alongside a tech-entrepreneur, a marketing manager, or a CFO of a multinational company. Shared learning experiences bring people together to form indelible bonds. You will not only acquire new knowledge but will also build a big network that might turn out to be useful when you are hunting for a better job.

2. Welcome New Challenges and Vivid Learning Experiences

Anyone who has worked for a few years in a vertical and moved up the corporate ladder has likely developed skills in their discipline. A PGPM is designed to refine those management and leadership talents into expertise.

While most programs focus on advanced business skills, SOIL’s PGPM program is designed in a way to provide India’s future leaders skills, knowledge, and values needed to meet the challenges of the workplace in any new age organization.

PGPM programs present new challenges for experienced professionals. They acquire new skills to solve complex problems via experiential learning. SOIL’s PGPM offers 300+ hours of outside the classroom training, global immersions, 30 self-leadership classes, and more unique immersions to unleash the true potential of an individual.

3. PGPM programs Ignite New Interests

PGPM programs are not only for working professionals. They are for entrepreneurs as well. A PGPM provides entrepreneurs a boost to apply their knowledge and skills in new ways, ensuring success and organized management.

PGPM candidates are knowledgeable and equipped to go out into the business world with a venture of their own and grow it in scale. This experience gives them a professional edge over young budding entrepreneurs with startups, as they might have a strong idea, but zero knowledge about the right execution.

4. Positions Yourself for a Big Career Shift

If you are looking to move ahead in your career, earning a PGPM could be the most critical choice to make. The practical experience and skills you will gain during the course through case studies, live projects, immersions, industry visits, social service, and business simulations will help you propel your career in a new direction.

These experiences and new understanding can also provide a launchpad for entrepreneurs to start their own business ventures. Most importantly, in this phase, you will focus on developing and refining the skills needed for success in a leadership role.

Likewise, if you are interested in working overseas, a PGPM can enhance your resume and give you connections needed for a career move abroad. Through a global immersion program, you get a chance to study abroad for a few weeks, giving you invaluable insights into different markets and local job opportunities. In addition, you can establish connections with students from diverse cultures, countries, and industries.

The Bottom Line

A PGPM gives working professionals the ability to think out-of-the-box. Doing a PGPM challenges students to think positively, creatively, and innovatively while solving existing business challenges. Students learn how to envision the organizations of the future and their career roles within them. Simulations, case studies, and exposure to real-life complex problems help professionals learn how to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity when making decisions.

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