Gartner, a research and advisory firm, released a workplace survey in 2018 that found that 80% of employees feel they lack the skills required in their current or future roles. Suffice it to say, for organizations jostling for position on their sector’s cutting edge, re-skilling workforces is an urgent task. Andrew Saidy, EMBA ‘2022, and… Continue Reading
Luca Zaccagna, EMBA ’20, left his career-long corporate comfort zone in order to refresh and recalibrate his small-and-medium business acumen at HEC Paris EMBA. He flourished in the classroom, and his work colleagues noticed the immediate EMBA impact at work. When it was their turn to take the EMBA plunge, they knew who to turn… Continue Reading
Imagine, for a moment, a library. Silent reading rooms, rows of leather-bound books, and perhaps a bespectacled librarian may come to mind. Images redolent of nostalgia and perhaps personal meaning if you’ve spent time in libraries studying or researching. For many, libraries represent places of poignancy, even if they haven’t stepped foot in one recently.… Continue Reading
A depiction of the English End-of-Week March intake, as painted by participant Audrey Chapuis.
When the HEC Paris EMBA March intake convened on Zoom for their first module, they were given a preview of what to expect by Professor Pierre Dussauge in his first-day opening remarks. “In an EMBA program, the people in the program have a fairly significant career already behind them,” he began, offering characteristically scalpel-like precision… Continue Reading
In January, HEC Executive MBA alum Arnaud Naudun began his tenure as CEO of BDO France after the firm’s 120 local partners opted for his vision for the company’s future. The promotion is the latest accolade in a 15-plus-year career in financial services. He cut his teeth with PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) as an auditor of large… Continue Reading
International Women’s Day serves a distinct purpose: putting conversations about women’s achievements and gender equality issues into the limelight. To add to the conversation, we interviewed a few of the outstanding HEC Executive MBA women. These women are executives, entrepreneurs, rocket scientists, philanthropists, and government leaders – andhave shattered all manner of proverbial glass ceilings… Continue Reading
A key characteristic among the battle-hardened boardroom executives and captains of industry at the HEC Paris Executive MBA is leadership experience. With an average of 14 years of work experience under their belt, it’s a pretty good bet that the average EMBA participant knows how to make command decisions – even when faced with proverbially… Continue Reading
The richness and diversity of student experience before entering the program is a hallmark of the Executive MBA program at HEC Paris. In his rich life and professional experiences, the well-travelled René Azeez, EMBA ’22, works at Toronto’s vaunted MaRS Discovery District, embodies that idea perfectly. He explains why the HEC EMBA is the right school… Continue Reading
The name Tectona is derived from tectona grandis, the scientific nomenclature for teak, the coveted wood varietal synonymous with exceptional outdoor furniture, decking, and yachts. Teak’s tastefully understated luxury, along with with its unmissable timelessness, is very much imbued into the philosophy at Tectona, where Blanche Aloisi-de Crépy (MSc 1997, EMBA 2016) – rare in… Continue Reading
Daniel Porot, one of Europe’s leading pioneers in career design and job hunting and a regular EMBA careers workshop presenter, recently enumerated his time-tested techniques for a disruptive approach to the job hunt.
In the current state of affairs, the prospect of landing any job at all may seem to be an outlying event. Daniel Porot, one of Europe’s leading pioneers in career design and job hunting and a regular HEC Executive MBA careers-workshop presenter, recently enumerated his time-tested techniques for a disruptive approach to the job hunt.… Continue Reading
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