A Fresh Start

Three experts reflect on their experience of pursuing a management development course and how it reshaped their journey.

- Ambi MG Parameswaran

what if you can go back to school?

There is an old British Airways ad that had the headline, ‘have you ever wondered why children walk to school but always run out?’; many of us as children exhibited that behavior. Sometimes it was the boring physics class or the chemical unit operations class or the taxation case. We have felt like running out of class. Equally there have been occasions when we have felt that may be, just may be, we should go back to school for a refresher.

I decided to go back to business school a few years ago as I was transitioning my role at my old organization and getting ready to build a longer runway for my own growth. My timing may not be applicable to all of you. So the first question you need to ask is: when? And there is no perfect time to go back to school. The decision may depend on the industry, your own career progress, the skill gap you have identified, etc.