“Leadership Requires Working on Yourself”Bernard Ramanantsoa, DeanHEC School of Management

“. . . the best thing I did during my MBA experience”

“Incredible experience, would recommend to anyone who wants to improve themselves”

“Absolutely amazing experience . . .”

“One of the best experiences and memories of my life!”

◦ What is finance about?◦ What will be the focus of this course?◦ Appreciate the importance of the fundamentals◦ Begin to build our toolkit for financial analysis

WinShape Retreat activity in December

Individual values inventory and one-on-one coaching in January

Additional guest speaker/experiential leadership sessions in spring

Intensive multi-day capstone experience during mid-semester break

Each student will be asked to contribute upwards of $2,000 towards capstone cost

Each student also pays for travel to and from the BVI – approximately $1,000 to $1,500

GALA is a one (1) credit course; hence it is possible to borrow funds to cover the cost

GALA students must still take an Atlanta based mid-semester module

1. Getting money

2. ______________________________

3. ______________________________

You need to submit a Statement of Intent of no more than 2 double-spaced pages by noon this coming Monday – September 26th.

You will be notified regarding your acceptance as a GALA Fellow by noon on Friday – September 30th.

The details about the application process will be posted on MBA12 this evening.

Your Statement of Intent should . . .

put forth your leadership principles and values as well as your targeted areas for development; and,

reflect on these issues above while clearly illustrating your commitment to “working on yourself” as a GALA Fellow.