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Rising Leader Mini-MBA

Abilitie’s Rising Leader Mini-MBA provides tomorrow’s leaders the business, management, and leadership skills necessary to thrive in our fast-paced global business environment.

Abilitie’s Rising Leader Mini-MBA

Our team-based business simulations serve as the backbone of a unique and enriching 10- to 14-week virtual mini-MBA program. Case study discussions, action-learning projects, and interactive online pre-work assignments also play a key role in the immersive learning environment.

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Audience

Our intensive 10- to 14-week part-time mini-MBA can take the place of employees returning to school by giving them the business tools they need to be successful in their careers without the expense and commitment of a multi-year program.

Individual Contributor to Director

A challenging mini-MBA for aspiring functional business leaders ranging from high-performing individual contributors to directors. Cohort sizes can range from 12 to 40 people in a blended format lasting from 10- to 14-weeks.

Commonly Used with High-Potential Managers and Directors

Abilitie’s Rising Leader mini-MBA can be tailored to our client’s audience level and blends team-based business and leadership simulations with small study group discussions and real-world action-learning projects.

This was like an MBA boot camp condensed to what actually applies to our jobs.
Marketing Manager, Dell

Sample Program Schedule

Abilitie’s Rising Leader mini-MBA can be tailored to the needs of each client. The program works as a 10- to 14-week part-time program but can be spread out over more weeks as desired.

Month 1

Kickoff And Finance Self-Study2 hours + 8 hours online self-studyVirtual Kickoff and Online Self-Study

Finance and Accounting2 hoursVirtual Cohort Meeting

Finance and Accounting2 x 2 hoursSmall Group Case Study Meetings

Business Acumen Simulation8 hoursBusiness and Financial Acumen Intensive

Month 2

Self-Assessment2 hoursSmall Group Case Study Meeting

People Management Simulation8 hoursCoaching and People Management Intensive

Leadership2 hoursSmall Group Case Study Meeting

Strategy2 hoursSmall Group Case Study Meeting

Month 3

Leadership Simulation8 hoursStrategy and Leadership Intensive

Group Project and Presentation20 hours throughout programTeam-based Project Assignment

Graduation2 hoursGroup Project Team Presentations

What Makes it Unique?

Abilitie’s Rising Leader mini-MBA is a practice-based, team-focused experience that emphasizes building business acumen, people leadership, and strategic thinking skills in a strong peer network in the classroom or online. It includes learning-by-doing in state-of-the-art simulated business environments and meets each learner’s unique needs through self-paced study and personalized learning in small study groups and team-based business competitions.

Informative AND fun, really valuable, and key takeaways that I could use instantly in my role.
Participant, ThermoFisher

Program Details

A typical Rising Leader mini-MBA blends e-learning, team-based virtual learning, an action-learning project with an executive advisor, and small study groups with high-fidelity business simulations.