During the residential Launch Week in January, you quickly realize that you truly belong in the program and how the diversity of your cohort is a major strength. You will also identify multiple ways in which you can make valuable contributions to the classroom discussions and your teamwork. The personal bonds created during this initial phase will help carry you through the core of the program, including your intensive capstone social impact projects in Costa Rica or Tanzania. They remain invaluable as you start engaging with the other participants in the Kellogg EMBA global network: first during the Global Network Week in August and then as you embark on your electives around the world. And they will last a lifetime…
Every August, Kellogg-Schulich EMBA students travel to Kellogg’s Evanston Campus for one week to join students from all our partner schools and will complete two highly interactive courses dealing with negotiations and crisis management. It’s here where you first experience what it truly means to be part of the world’s largest Executive MBA partnership. It is here is where you first bond with students from the US, Asian and European campuses, many of whom they will meet again during your various global electives or welcome to Toronto, when they participate in the electives offered to the network by Schulich.
For your capstone project, you will have a choice of two destinations, Costa Rica or Tanzania. In both cases the purpose is to apply what you have learnt in the program to achieve a real impact by developing innovative solutions that help local businesses and society. In Costa Rica, you work with social entrepreneurs, while in Tanzania your team provides actionable advice to one of the many co-operatives there. Not only will you facilitate innovation in these countries, but you will also return with many ideas about how you and your organizations can make a difference back home.
Your journey as a student finishes with Convocation, where you receive your degree and celebrate your achievement with family and friends. It is also the moment to look back on your manifold experiences and share them with the audience. One important way to do this is a slideshow that showcases the many places you have visited during the program. Not surprisingly, the focus goes beyond the classroom. These pictures highlight the amazing locations where your courses take place and the moments spent mingling with each other and your peers from the partner schools. They also capture the many ways of discovering and enjoying all these places and the exceptional camaraderie you built during your journey, which will last a lifetime.
It’s hard to put into words what this experience meant. It came at a moment of real transition – when I was shifting gears in my career after moving to Canada – and it gave me exactly what I needed: perspective, connection, and clarity.
The program helped me sharpen my thinking, see a few blind spots, and gave me a more structured lens for leadership and decision-making. But more important than that, it made me stop and ask the right questions about how I want to work, who I want to work with , and what kind of impact I want to have.
When I decided to pursue an Executive MBA, I was looking for a program that prioritized global perspectives and cross-cultural leadership. My undergraduate experiences studying in Israel and Spain shaped how valuable learning in diverse contexts is—and a decade into my career, I felt ready to broaden my lens again.
The Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA program stood out because of its strong global orientation and partnerships with leading universities worldwide. It’s designed for those who want to grow through international collaboration, cultural insight, and big-picture thinking.
This program has been transformational. The learning, inside and outside the classroom, has been nothing short of extraordinary. It’s one thing to expect from a business school. It’s another to experience the kind of stretch, depth, and perspective this EMBA delivered. From intense academic moments to real-world application across global markets, I’ve walked away with a toolkit—and a mindset—that will serve me for life.