Notes on Noble Business

What do leading MBA students see when they look into the future? What shifts do they see affecting their companies? How  well do they think their employers are tapping the human resources of their companies – and what changes would they like to see in how their company approaches business?

These are some of the questions I recently put to the students in an Accelerated Executive MBA program at a leading Northeastern business school where I spoke recently on Noble Enterprise. Though the sample is small (a little over twenty students), I found it interesting because these are all at least mid-level management people who have several years of experience, and who are looking to improve their management skills. They come from a wide range of industries (and even some from outside the “for-profit” world).

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