2022 EMBA Immersion at Kelley School of Business by Jungkyu Han (Class of 2023)
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- 2022-05-30
Executive MBA Immersion I
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
SKK GSB's Executive MBA includes immersion programs at IU Kelley School of Business every year. This year, the first program took place in April in Bloomington, Indiana, and the main theme was "Leading in an Era of Continuous Change."
Jungkyu Han (Executive MBA, 2023) shared his experience as follows.
At the Beginning: Model the Way
I was surprised as I learned so much about leadership in block-building activities, which were rather playful. I saw that a leader doesn't have to be the most intelligent person, and that all members can contribute new ideas as long as the team communicates effectively and actively. This helped me remind myself to look around my colleagues and teammates for fresh ideas. After the activities, I realized that everyone is a leader. It also made me reflect on how I have communicated within my team and organization. And, of course, during the activities, I had so much fun learning about my classmates' characteristics.
It may sound simple and easy, but block building was great way of learning about planning, preparation, and communication. I was happy to join the journey of exemplary leadership!
Dive into Kelley School: Inspire a Shared Vision
In an outdoor session, we had the chance to share our work experiences, and a classmate told us about when he was motivated by his boss's appeal for 'being new eyes, ears, and voice' as a leader. I empathized with his feelings, and was inspired to apply the same ideas myself. Sometimes we doubt ourselves, questioning whether we have the right leadership style or even qualifications to be a leader, yet the more work experience we shared, the more valuable know-how we learned.
Learning by heart: Globaltech Simulation & Personal Leadership Development
Globaltech Simulation is a leadership simulation session with roleplay. Through this session, EMBA students learned various approaches to leadership, and saw the butterfly effect triggered by a leader’s decisions.
Now that everything can be challenging and uncertain, this was an experience that encouraged me to move forward, not as an unprepared leader, but as a prepared, self-motivating, and growing leader. We discussed ‘good’ leadership, and from that, we all became reassured that even just this kind of discussion was leading us towards more ‘sophisticated’ leadership. And I have come to realize that the best way to build true leadership skill is to develop it continuously through practice and self-feedback.
Together with others in the 13th cohort, I decided to become a true leader who can move others' hearts and overcome limitations by building action-oriented and valuable human relationships and by cultivating positive communication skills.
"YES, WE CAN!"