Description
A business school MBA takes time and money. Yet with a laser focus on what matters most, there is an alternative way for aspiring business leaders to learn business essentials and to take charge in organizations.
Based on an award-winning global leadership development program, The 12-Week MBA offers a practical Mini MBA curriculum that gives all business leaders, regardless of their industry, function, or level, the core knowledge, skills and attitudes to effectively manage and lead. By uniquely focusing the two critical areas of leadership - managing numbers and leading people - this practical and engaging guide will inspire you to apply critical business thinking and a dynamic approach to value creation, people skills and decision making.
Transform your business and your career in 12 weeks, a pace that gives you time to absorb ideas and test them through exercises or simulations, yet is significantly less time and cost than a traditional two-year MBA.
Authors Bjorn Billhardt and Nathan Kracklauer are leaders of Abilitie, a global leadership development provider that has served over 100,000 learners in fifty countries, and whose clients include some of the world s most recognizable brands. Now you can master the key lessons from their 12-Week MBA curriculum and get ahead in today s new world of work.
Supplement your reading with interactive exercises and resources at 12weekmba.com
About the Author
Bjorn Billhardt is CEO of Abilitie. Prior to launching Abilitie in 2015, Bjorn founded and bootstrapped Enspire Learning, Inc., an e-learning development company. Bjorn also worked as a corporate trainer for BAAN, a Dutch software company, and McKinsey && Company, a strategic management consulting firm. Bjorn holds a BA from the University of Texas and an MBA from Harvard Business School. A native of Hamburg, Germany, he lives in Austin, Texas.
Nathan Kracklauer is Chief Research Officer at Abilitie. Previously at Enspire Learning, he was the principal author on courses for organizations such Harvard Business School and the World Bank. Nathan has facilitated leadership seminars at organizations such as Bank of America, GE, Nokia, and at executive education programs at IMD Business School, London Business School, and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Nathan lives in Karlsruhe, Germany and is a native of Falls Church, VA, having worked in several cities across the US, Germany, and Finland.
Abilitie is a virtual leadership development company with a database of 10,000+ leaders. Their brands combined have over 2,000 LinkedIn and 1500 Instagram followers. Their Learn To Lead podcast has featured prominent e-learning industry luminaries such as Elliott Masie and Karl Kapp, director of Bloomberg s Institute for Interactive Technology, and authors Rita Gunther McGrath and Jonah Berger. They also host an ongoing webinar series and host free interactive Play Sessions, which provide additional platforms to promote the book.
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