The Plus Program - Connecting MBAs and Opportunities

“Each semester the Plus program provides Texas MBAs with hands-on opportunities to enhance and develop their leadership skills. The core components of the program focus on professional communication, project leadership and management, and industry tools and methods. Students who I have seen take advantage of Plus gain an edge on the leadership experience and savvy that employers look for.”
Dr. Eric Hirst, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs

 

As Texas MBAs develop into influential business leaders, the MBA Plus program facilitates an individually tailored professional development and leadership experience. Plus provides an evolving series of services, micro-consulting projects, and workshops that connect our MBAs to companies of interest, heightens communication skills and keep our students ahead of the curve. As recruiters search for applicable experience, ‘fit’, and initiative from among candidates around the globe, Plus helps propel Texas MBAs to the top of their lists.

Plus is unique among top MBA programs in its scale and depth of services. The program gives students access to a hand-selected group of professional communication and executive coaches that help students craft and deliver messages with more meaningful impact. Plus serves as an agent for micro-consulting projects connecting students to companies and organizations they find most interesting. Plus facilitates seminars from industry experts that teach critically needed skills which augment knowledge gained in the classroom. The Plus program is highly relevant, immediate, tangible and built to push the evolution of each MBA’s personal leadership style.

SELECTED PLUS EVENTS and ACTIVITIES

Fall Semester

• The Executive Challenge™ Online Business Simulation (during Orientation)
• Peer Assessments and Feedback
• Appointments with Executive and Communication Coaches
• Communications Workshops
• Personal Leadership Workshops & Conference
• Executive Speakers
• The Pitch Party – a networking event with an entrepreneurial twist
• Sales Training: What Every MBA Should Know
• International Night
• Plus Projects

Spring Semester

• Financial Valuations as Conducted on Wall Street Seminar
• Financial Modeling Seminar using Excel
• Six-Sigma Executive Overview
• A Year in the Life of a CPG MBA Day Camp
• Peer Assessments and Feedback
• Appointments with Executive and Communication Coaches
• Communications Workshops
• Personal Leadership Workshops
• Executive Speakers
• Plus Projects
• McCombs Global Connections Study Tours