Steven DeKrey, Senior Advisor and Professor Emeritus at HKUST Business School, has over 40 years of experience in building and running top-ranked MBA programs worldwide, including at Northwestern Kellogg, the University of Florida, Asian Institute of Management and HKUST, where he was Founding Director of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program.

Darren asks Professor DeKrey about the value of top MBA programs in Asia, how applicants can stand out in the admissions process, who should apply to Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA and Executive MBA (EMBA) programs, and whether leadership can be taught. Listen carefully to materially improve your chances of finding a great business school and getting in!

Topics

• Introduction (0:00 )
• What makes top MBA programs in Asia and Hong Kong different? (4:06 )
• The quality of top Asian MBA programs vs. top US programs (10:30 )
• How important are local language skills for MBA graduates outside the US? (14:10 )
• What questions applicants should ask when researching MBA programs? (18:35 )
• MBA rankings and other signals of quality (24:30 )
• Who should apply to Full-time MBAs, Part-time MBAs and Executive MBAs (EMBA) (28:30 )
• Understanding EMBA Admissions (34:50 )
• Can leadership be taught? The importance of learning agility (38:45 )
• How can MBAs demonstrate leadership skills to employers? (46:40 )

About Our Guest

Steven DeKrey is Senior Advisor and Professor Emeritus at HKUST Business School. He has over 40 years of experience in building and running top-ranked MBA programs worldwide, including at Northwestern Kellogg, the University of Florida, Asian Institute of Management, and HKUST, where he was Founding Director of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program. He served on the EQUIS accreditation board and AACSB's Asia-Pacific board, and today, teaches graduate students and executive training programs in leadership, corporate governance and board member development.

Steven has written over 15 cases for the Thompson Case Center, 9 of which have been published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Before starting his career in business education, Steven worked as a School & Sports Psychologist in Iowa. He got his PhD in School & Sports Psychology from the University of Iowa and his MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.

Show Notes

• Follow Professor Steven DeKrey on LinkedIn
• HKUST MBA
• Kellogg-HKUST EMBA
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