Finding my Voice at UNC
On a side note: Today is my first day as a student in the Evening MBA Class of 2012!
In his book The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, management consultant and personal effectiveness guru Stephen Covey talks about “finding your voice” as a way to achieve deep satisfaction in your career and life. Essentially, finding your voice involves applying all aspects of yourself-mind, body, heart, and spirit to become fully engaged in those pursuits, people, and organizations that are most important to you.
It was a desire to find my voice that led me to pursue my MBA at UNC’s Kenan-Flager Business School. After several years in the accounting world, I was ready to move beyond recording the economic consequences of someone else’s decisions. I wanted to have a seat at the table within organizations that are impacting our world. Not only did I want a seat, I wanted a voice as well so that I could help shape a sustainable course for the organization’s future. I believe Kenan-Flager’s MBA education will not only give me the technical business tools I’ll need to earn this seat, it will also sharpen my emotional intelligence and soft skills so that I can effectively interact with the other leaders around the table as we confront new challenges and opportunities in an ever changing world.
Read my earlier post here.
