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Meet IE Dean!
Written on October 25, 2010 by Deise Leobet in News
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Social Impact Management at IE Business School
Written on October 25, 2010 by Deise Leobet in News
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IE Executive MBA among top 10 programs in the world
Written on October 25, 2010 by Deise Leobet in News
Financial Times ranks the IE Executive MBA program No. 7 in the world
Madrid, October 25 2010. IE Business School has maintained the No. 7 position worldwide in Executive MBA programs according to the 2010 Financial Times ranking.
The ranking considers IE’s Executive MBA as one of the best business schools in the world in terms of graduates’ subsequent career progress and increase in salary, and fulfilment of participants’ expectations. The result further consolidates IE’s position as a leading international business school for senior management training programs.
In this year’s edition, authors of the FT ranking based their evaluations on 16 indicators of quality in Executive MBA programs at 100 business schools worldwide. Said indicators included degree of satisfaction of the student body, career progression following graduation, diversity of program faculty and student body, the program’s international focus, the extent to which the program came up to participants’ expectations, and the school’s level of research.
Gonzalo Garland, vice president for development at IE Business School commented that “Our Executive MBA is a highly consolidated program which reflects some of the key features of IE Business School, namely a highly international faculty and student body, with some 100 nationalities on campus, a commitment to entrepreneurship and innovation, and a humanistic approach. We are constantly reviewing the content of our programs to ensure that they are markedly innovative.”
The IE Business School Executive MBA offers a range of delivery formats designed to meet the demands of different executive profiles. These include weekly or bi-weekly classes, 100% onsite programmes, or a blended format, all with Spanish and English versions.
IE’s position in this Financial Times ranking is the latest in a series of excellent results obtained by the school in international rankings in 2010. Earlier in the year Financial Times placed the School 3rd in Europe and 6th in the world in MBA programs, The Wall Street Journal ranked it 1st in Europe, and América Economía positioned the School 3rd in the world.
Oct
Learning propper table manners, finally! ;)
Written on October 21, 2010 by Deise Leobet in News
On Friday September 17th, the day before the starting of the famous “Oktoberfest”, 30 IE Alumni gathered at the “Café Reitschule” in Munich to enjoy a three course dinner coached by Sabine Schwind von Egelstein. Sabine Schwind von Egelstein is an expert in personal branding and correct business manners, nationally and internationally. She advises politicians and business executives on their appropriate appearance and suitable behaviour. Furthermore she has been the host of a weekly show on German television.
The dinner coaching session consisted of a theory session presented with a slide show about do’s and don’ts of dining, followed by a practical session. We were also coached on proper small talk in cocktails or lunches and Sabine gave us very valuable tips for business communication. She also shared some curious anecdotes with us and made the session really fun and interactive. A trout fish was served as a main course so that we could put the theory into practice and learn how to eat the fish properly. In order to practice communication skills, three of us were invited to hold a short speech pretending to be the host of the evening.
The event was organized by the “IE German Speaking Club” which extends its membership to Austria and Switzerland, this time members from Stuttgart, Nürnberg and even Vienna came! The atmosphere at the restaurant Café Reitschule of Munich was very pleasant and we celebrated the opening of the Oktoberfest over a beer in the disco of the restaurant….
Oct
IE Business Women´s Event in Russia
Written on October 21, 2010 by Kim Goddard in News
It is my pleasure to share with you all the fantastic results of the first ever women´s event to be organized by IE outside of Spain and sponsored by Citigroup Russia, which took place on the 25th March 2010 in order to celebrate International Women´s day. It was an amazing success in terms of public (more than 300 women registered and 150 attended the event), impact on media (Forbes Women,The Moscow Times and Vedomosti), companies and attendees. Our IE alumni were directly involved in the event and profited from it deeply.
The auditorium of the World Trade Center in Moscow, one of the most prestigious locations of the busy Russian capital, received more than 150 young professional women last March 25th all eager to take part in a unique event organized by IE Business School and sponsored by Citibank Russia, in which they were introduced to cutting-edge techniques for successful networking, met several business contacts and strengthened their links with IE. From IE, professor Pino Bethencourt, spoke about the new trends for women´s professional development and Deise Leobet, International Development Director for Europe & CIS at IE spoke on the obstacles for business women. Finally Olga Sabanina, Senior Human Resources Generalist at Citibank guided us through Citibank´s best practices.
”It is a fantastic opportunity that IE is giving to all of these young Russian women to exchange professional contacts and to learn how to grow professionally” said Larissa Skuratovskaya, representing the International Women´s Forum (IWF)- Russia.
Also called “Network your Way to Success”, a record number of 300 women registered for the event in IE´s webpage, Facebook, LinkedIn and Smallworld from top Russian companies to international corporations located in Russian territory and also from abroad. Proctor & Gamble, BP, PricewaterhouseCoopers were some of the companies represented in the conference and also in the speed-networking activity that took place after the presentations. During the speed-networking attendees were able to practice the just-learned networking techniques and make business contacts.
“It was amazing” said Ekaterina Koroleva, chief of the international division for TTK, one of the major Russian Telecommunications companies, after meeting the director of a company she had been looking for months to do business with TTK with no success. “And there she was, standing next to me during the IE cocktail”.
Citibank not only sponsored the event but also contribute with a keynote speaker, Olga Sabanina, the bank´s Russian vice-president. “Citibank strongly supports women in business and we are really happy to be part of an event such this one”, said Sabanina at her presentation, while explaining Citibank Best Practices to close the gender gap.
The event had a strong impact on IE´s female alumni, who were invited not only to attend the event, but to play active roles: “Indeed the event was a success and I´m writing you to tell you that I keep on receiving proposals of cooperation for my company from people I met at the event:)))”, wrote in a post-event e-mail IE Alumni Ekaterina Koroktova, a Business Development manager for J&J Russia. “We all hope you will be able to replicate it soon in other countries”.
“I ran out of business cards fast” said Anna Plotkina, one of the attendees. “It was so useful and I met a woman (she was sitting next to me) who is doing the IE Online EMBA and works in a sister company to mine (very small world), so we had a lot to discuss during the event and now I´m planning to submit my application to IE”.
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