Executive MBA

During November, you had the possibility to ask our brand ambassador Juho Toivola questions about studying an Executive MBA. We have selected five questions, which Juho will answer here.

Lifelong learning and adopting new skills, knowledge and abilities for personal and professional growth will be the only way to stay relevant in the future world of work.

For a lot of people, formal education has in the past started with primary school and ended with undergraduate education. However, educating oneself beyond the early phases of life and career has become more and more important. Why is lifelong learning so important?

I recently attended the Managing Processes and Systems workshop as part of my Executive MBA studies. I felt well prepared having done all the course pre-work and was ready to learn new models and frameworks that would enable me to understand business processes more broadly. The reality, however, turned out to be much more about unlearning. Sounds complicated? Let me explain.

Alumni of the month is a news series of interviews where we feature Henley Business School alumni from various fields of business. In the interviews, our alumni share what were the most important lessons they learned during their studies and how studying at Henley has impacted both the career and personal life. In addition, you will also get insights on what are the keys to success in each alumnus’ field of business.

Henley’s Executive MBA has been listed among the top 70 business schools in the world according to the Financial Times EMBA ranking 2021. Our programme is the highest ranked Executive MBA programme delivered in the Nordics with strong positions for student satisfaction, diversity, and corporate social responsibility.

Anu Laitila, Executive Director of Leisure and Wellbeing at the City of Kerava, shares her Executive MBA story including why she chose to embark on this journey, how she experienced and managed the studies and why it was worth the effort.

Alumni of the month is a news series of interviews where we feature Henley Business School alumni from various fields of business. In the interviews, our alumni share what were the most important lessons they learned during their studies and how studying at Henley has impacted both the career and personal life. In addition, you will also get insights on what are the keys to success in each alumnus’ field of business.